Chocolate truffle cake

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Chocolate truffle cake
from Modern Classics Book 2

Cake:
68g all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
75g caster sugar
4 eggs
80g butter, melted

Truffle filling:
450g dark couverture chocolate – I used semisweet Callebaut that’s

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