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Nanou's chocolate cake

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A moist melting cake, very very chocolaty...

236,3293.6/5 for 46 ratings

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Last modified on: June 22^th 2013

For 1 cake, you will need:

• 1 200 g chocolate
• 2 200 g butter
• 3 200 g icing sugar
• 4 4 eggs
• 5 50 g caster sugar
• 6 100 g ground almonds
• 7 75 g flour
• 8 A few flaked almonds (optional)
• Total weight: 1,025 grams

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
50 min.	55 min.	1 hour 45 min.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.

At what time?

• When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
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Work this out...

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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

This cake should be very moist, so it's important not to overcook it. Watch carefully towards end of cooking time.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,767 Kcal or 19,958 Kj	56 gr	450 gr	305 gr
238 %	22 %	42 %	46 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
465 Kcal or 1,947 Kj	5 gr	44 gr	30 gr
23 %	2 %	4 %	5 %

Per cake
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,767 Kcal or 19,958 Kj	56 gr	450 gr	305 gr
238 %	22 %	42 %	46 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

• For 1 cake : 6.16 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Brigitte.

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