THE STORY
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The reference is in the texture and contrast: chocolate, pistachio and the crunch of kataifi. We are not pretending it is an old British tradition; the point is precisely that it is a modern creation that travelled very quickly.
Our version
We make it with dark, moist chocolate sponge, a centre of house pistachio cream and kataifi. It is more extravagant than the original London Blackout, but it still begins with a chocolate cake that has real character.