Chocolate Whisky Gateau

After years of begging Jan to make me a Chocolate Whisky Gateau I've finally decided to make it myself. It's a cake made by my first ex-wife that I really liked and now as I'm getting older and nearer the end I want to taste it one last time.
First the ingredients. I checked what we had and we didn't even have a bloody cake tin, so it was off to Booths this morning to get all the necessary.
I'm determined to spend my last few hours on earth with chocolate around my mouth. Here's the recipe:

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