Nigella's Chocolate Cake with Condensed Milk

225g SR flour
30g cocoa
200g caster sugar
100g unsalted butter
200g condensed milk
100g best quality dark chocolate
2 eggs, beaten
100ml boiling water

Preheat oven to 180ºC. Put kettle on. Butter 2 sandwich tins and line the base of each. Or use 20cm springform tin.

Sieve flour, cocoa and a pinch of salt. Put the sugar, butter, condensed milk, 100ml just boiled water and the chocolate (broken into small pieces) in a saucepan, and heat until melted and smooth. Stir this into flour mixture, then add eggs.

Pour into tins and bake for 35-45 minutes or less if sandwich tins. When it is ready the top will feel firm. Will crack on the top and skewer won't come out clean.

Icing
1 cup pure icing sugar
1 tbs boiling water
1 tsp butter
1 tbs cocoa, sifted