Family Chocolate Cake from Bake and Decorate by Fiona Cairns

Ingredients

• chocolate, broken into pieces
• 90 g 50-60% cocoa solids
• 1 tbsp golden syrup
• 40 g unsalted butter, softened and diced
• 150 ml double cream
• 2 tbsp dark muscovado sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 200 g plain flour
• 100 g ground almonds
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 275 g dark muscovado sugar
• 150 ml buttermilk
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 175 g unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the tin
• 100 g 50-60% cocoa solids chocolate, finely chopped