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Dark chocolate bowler hats filled with apricot jam and sloe gin soaked chocolate sponge!
We're Cooking Around The London Underground for a new video series and this week we're exploring Kennington. Inspired by former resident, Charlie Chaplin and The Cinema Museum, we'll be baking some bowler hat chocolate cakes!

Posted by Cat Morley from London, United Kingdom • Published 3rd April 2018 • See Cat Morley's 1145 projects »

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Step 1

Watch the full episode and explore Kennington with us.
Step 2
Break 100g dark chocolate into a bowl.
Step 3
Melt for 30 seconds in a microwave, stir and then melt for another 30 seconds.
Step 4
Coat a spherical silicon mould with the melted dark chocolate.
Step 5
Cover a chopping board, or two, with clingfilm.
Step 6
Use the large circle cutter to paint chocolate circles for the brims of your hats.
Step 7
Leave the chocolate to set overnight and then carefully remove from the moulds.
Step 8
Cream together the sugar and butter.
Step 9
Crack in the two eggs.
Step 10
Whisk together.
Step 11
Measure out the self-raising flour.
Step 12
Add the cocoa and sieve together.
Step 13
Add the flour to the butter mixture.
Step 14
Add the milk.
Step 15
Mix into a smooth batter.
Step 16
Grease a rectangular baking tray.
Step 17
Pour the cake batter into the baking tray.
Step 18
Bake at 220'C for 15 minutes.
Step 19
Leave to cool and then use the circle cutter that's the same size as your moulds to cut out six sponge circles.
Step 20
Blend the leftover cake.
Step 21
Pour the powdered cake into a bowl and add the apricot jam.
Step 22
Add one to two ounces of Sloe Gin, depending upon how boozy you'd like the cakes to be.
Step 23
Mix together.
Step 24
Fill the chocolate bowler hats 2/3 full with the mixture.
Step 25
Spread the top of the sponge circles with apricot jam.
Step 26
Press down in the middle of the chocolate brim and then place the bowler hat on top.
Step 27
Finish with a length of black ribbon as decoration.
Step 28
All done!