Fudgy Chocolate Cake

Instructions

1.  Finely grate the white chocolate using a vegetable peeler.  Chill until needed.  Preheat oven to 180oc/350f
2. Grease the base of two 20cm/8in round cake pans line with baking paper. Combine butter, sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and eggs in a large bowl.  Using an electric mixer set on medium, beat until smooth.  Continue beating until increase in volume, about 2 minutes longer. Divide batter between pans.
3. Bake cakes until a toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Leave cakes in pans to cool for 1 minute then turn onto a wire rack. Peel of lining paper, let cool.
4. Meanwhile heat cream just to the boil, break chocolate into pieces, add to cream and stir until melted. Let cool; chill for 30 minutes, then whisk until thickened to a spreadable consistency.
5. Use a third of chocolate icing to sandwich cakes spread the remainder over the whole cake. Sprinkle reserved grated white chocolate over.