For 1 cake, you will need:
- 0
90 g butter - 1
90 g flour - 2
10 g baking powder - 3
40 g powdered cocoa - 4
3 eggs - 5
120 g brown sugar - 6
10 g Vanilla sugar - 7
50 g cream - Total weight: 560 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 min. | 30 min. | 40 min. | 1 hour 16 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 2 min.
Melt 90 g butter and set aside. Sieve together 90 g flour, 10 g baking powder and 40 g powdered cocoa.
Stage 2 - 2 min.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
Pour the sugar-egg mixture into the flour, add the melted butter, 50 g cream and mix thoroughly.
Stage 4 - 30 min.
Pour the mixture into a mould or tin and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Stage 5 - 40 min.
Preheat the oven to 410°F (210°C).
Bake for about 40 minutes. Check towards the end of the cooking time, as the cake should not be allowed to overcook and dry out.
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Bake for about 40 minutes. Check towards the end of the cooking time, as the cake should not be allowed to overcook and dry out.
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
If you are a real chocolate lover, you can add chocolate chips to the mixture.
[Translator's note: the French have adopted the English term "cake" specifically for long, loaf-shaped cakes, like the typical fruit cake. But French "cakes" come in savoury versions, too!].
[Translator's note: the French have adopted the English term "cake" specifically for long, loaf-shaped cakes, like the typical fruit cake. But French "cakes" come in savoury versions, too!].
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, wrapped in plastic film.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,030 Kcal or 8,499 Kj | 37 gr | 218 gr | 116 gr |
| 101 % | 14 % | 21 % | 18 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 362 Kcal or 1,516 Kj | 7 gr | 39 gr | 21 gr |
| 18 % | 3 % | 4 % | 3 % |
| Per cake | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,030 Kcal or 8,499 Kj | 37 gr | 218 gr | 116 gr |
| 101 % | 14 % | 21 % | 18 % |
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Source
Based on recipe by Jean-Luc Poujauran.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Brown sugar: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Craquelin (sweet cracker dough), Little lemon biscuits, Canadian apple crumble, Moist cereal bars, Mojito peaches, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies, Flaky brownie brioche, Noisette butter, Breton Sandwich, Household cake (Gâteau de ménage), ... All |
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mouna, Grapefruit moelleux, Spinach and Comté Loaf, Almond mug cake for Mary, Grated potato cakes, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate ganache, Courgette tart with mint, Hearty leek and sprout soup, Salmon and spinach quiche, Blanquette of veal, ... All |
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You're right, small translation error, now corrected.
Thank you for saying.
You listed cream in the ingredient list, but you don't use it.
Is it normal ?
Regards