Dead Good Chocolate Cake

Now, lest you think I'm trying to create a parody on 'death by chocolate', let me educate you.

The use of the word 'dead' in Scotland may be a little different than you are used to. It's not a verb, it's an adjective. You can be dead right, or dead wrong, or something can be dead on, or dead awful, or dead good. When they completely re-did the Glasgow Prestwick airport, the phrase they splashed all over the front of the buildings was 'Pure Dead Brilliant'. (We still think they should have left off the 'brilliant' bit and that would have been about right, but that's another blog post.)

So when I say this chocolate cake is dead good, I mean it in the best sense of the word.

Yes, you will probably add to your daily calorie limit simply by starting the cooking process - as I found, you don't want to leave a mess at the edge of the cooking bowl.

...But don't worry, you'll practically complete a workout stirring everything up...

...checking the chocolate again (you've added a few items at this stage, so you will want to confirm that the dead goodness has not become a dead disaster)...

...and for a few moments you will have no temptation at all, as you'll be dead busy layering the cakes,

....pouring the chocolate onto the cakes...

...and surveying your finished work.

Then there's the difficult task of serving up a piece...

...but from this point on I can't help you.

Because as this shot will show you, it was dead hard to make sure I had a clear picture - this little bite kept moving towards my mouth.

But I can assure you, it lived up to its name. For the dead good recipe, click here.