Nanou's chocolate cake

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

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

Keeping:

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

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

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

Stage 2 - 5 min.

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

Stage 3 - 2 min.

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

Stage 4 - 10 min.

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

Then add yolks to butter-chocolate mixture...

Stage 5 - 2 min.

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... and beat well to incorporate.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

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

Stage 7 - 5 min.

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

Stage 8

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

Stage 9 - 5 min.

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Preheat oven to 180°C ou 356°F.

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

Stage 10 - 1 min.

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

Stage 11 - 3 min.

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

Stage 12 - 1 min.

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Pour this "lightened" mixture into remaining egg whites.

Stage 13 - 10 min.

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

Stage 14

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

Stage 15

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... that's smooth and very chocolaty.

Stage 16 - 1 min.

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

Stage 17 - 2 min.

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Then pour mixture in.

Stage 18 - 50 min.

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

Stage 19

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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

% 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 : 10.54 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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