Instructions: In a saucepan, melt the butter, then when liquid add the chopped chocolate, castor and brown sugars, brandy and hot water. Mix well with a whisk until the mixture is smooth.

Mix the flour and cocoa and add to the chocolate mixture with the eggs and vanilla. Beat just until combined.

Pour into a greased 24cm. springform tin or a similar sized square tin (well greased) and bake in a preheated oven at 150c. for 50 minutes. Allow to cool in the tin for 15 minutes then turn out.

To serve, dust with icing sugar and serve warm with cream or ice cream.

If you would like to email yourself the recipe for later use, or share the recipe with your friends or family, enter the email addresses below and this recipe will be emailed to you and others as well.