Will you please look at this recipe? It says 140 C which I think is GAS 1 - sounds a bit low but I may be wrong

[MamaG]

here - the rich choc one

Thanks

please! It needs to go in the oven!

dunno...sounds a bit low but then again, I remember making a carrot cake with oil in the recipe and I think the temp was lower.

The next recipe says 160C for a normal choc cake that I would normally put in the oven at 175/180C so I would try it at 160C and see what happens.

160 isn't too low for nearly 1 hour's cooking.

Have you made it yet? It looks really yummy!!!!

Gas Mark 1 is 270F, 140C.

So you're right.

It's having quite a long time in the oven, though, so is probably correct.

It's that low so that it rises slowly. Makes it all fluffy and cooked in the middle then.

Right, I'll trust it, thank you. I will check it in 40 minutes.

Just making ganache for topping

I'm making liver and kidney pie and forcing my kids to eat it!

I let the bloody ganache boil as I was pssing around on here. Do you think its now knackered?