Chocolate cake
Step by step recipe:
- 2 min.
Melt 90 g butter and set aside. Sieve together 90 g flour, 10 g baking powder and 40 g powdered cocoa. - 2 min.
- 2 min.
Pour the sugar-egg mixture into the flour, add the melted butter, 50 g cream and mix thoroughly. - 30 min.
Pour the mixture into a mould or tin and refrigerate for 30 minutes. - 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.
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!].
Source:
Based on recipe by Jean-Luc Poujauran.Grade this recipe
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