Ingredients
2 cups (500ml) milk
250g unsalted butter, chopped
300g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
300ml thickened cream
3 eggs
1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped
1 3/4 cups (385g) caster sugar
2 3/4 cups (410g) plain flour
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
50g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
300g unsweetened chestnut puree (see notes)
75g softened unsalted butter, chopped
1 1/3 cups (200g) pure icing sugar, sifted
Preparation