• 1+1/3 cup flour
• 1+½ cup sugar
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¾ cup butter
• 3 fl oz boiling water
• 3 eggs
• 4 oz chocolate chips
• 5 oz chopped walnuts or pecan nuts

Frosting:

• 1/3cup butter
• 8 oz sweet dark chocolate
• 2 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 2 tablespoon strong coffee

Method:

• Preheat oven to 350 deg F (Gas mark 4 or 180 deg C).
• Line a 13 x 9 in (33 x 23 cm) cake tin with grease proof or other non-stick paper and grease the tin.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan.
• In a bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and vanilla extract.
• Add eggs, melted butter and hot water and mix until smooth.
• Add chocolate chips and nuts.
• Bake at 350 degrees F until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 20-30 minutes.
• Cool the cake.
• Glace with the chocolate frosting.
• For the frosting, mix butter, chopped chocolate, syrup and coffee and heat in a double boiler until melted.
• Stir until smooth and spread over the cake.