Step by step recipe

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Stage 1 - 5 min.

Break 200 g chocolate into small pieces, and put them in a pan.

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Stage 2 - 5 min.

Add 200 g butter cut in pieces, cover and put on very gentle heat, or in a bain-marie, to dissolve.

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Stage 3 - 2 min.

When butter and chocolate are melted, mix with a whisk to obtain an homogeneous mixture.

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Stage 4 - 10 min.

Separate whites from yolks of 4 eggs (see how to on this video).

Then add yolks to butter-chocolate mixture...

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Stage 5 - 2 min.

... and beat well to incorporate.

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Stage 6 - 3 min.

Sieve together 200 g icing sugar, 100 g ground almonds and 75 g flour, to mix.

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Stage 7 - 5 min.

Add these dry ingredients to the butter-chocolate-egg yolks mixture, and mix well.

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Stage 8

You will obtain a rather stiff mixture, which is normal.

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Stage 9 - 5 min.

Preheat oven to 180°C ou 356°F.

Beat white eggs, and when stiff fold in 50 g caster sugar.

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Stage 10 - 1 min.

Take a few tablespoons of egg white, and put them onto mixture.

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Stage 11 - 3 min.

Incorporate these tablespoons of egg white into the mixt, to lighten it a little.

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Stage 12 - 1 min.

Pour this "lightened" mixture into remaining egg whites.

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Stage 13 - 10 min.

And start to fold in gently with a spatula or a maryse.

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Stage 14

Incline the bowl to facilitate your work, you should end up with a mixture...

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Stage 15

... that's smooth and very chocolaty.

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Stage 16 - 1 min.

If you like, scatter some flaked almonds in the bottom of cake mould.

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Stage 17 - 2 min.

Then pour mixture in.

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Stage 18 - 50 min.

Put in the oven for 40 to 50 minutes. Check cooking after 30 minutes.

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Stage 19

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

Nutritional information

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• For 1 cake : 6.27 €

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