Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis
A small chocolate cake, still runny in the middle, served with a raspberry coulis.
347 K 4.5/5 (59 reviews)
1 hour 25 min.
Easy
1.90 €
6 pieces
10 IngredientsLast modified on: October 3rd 2010
For 6 pieces, you will need:
- 1
80 g dark chocolate - 2
80 g butter - 3
70 g caster sugar - 4
10 g vanilla sugar - 5
35 g flour - 6
2 eggs - 7
a little fruit coulis (fruit purée) - 8
1 handful raspberries - 9
A few fresh mint leaves - 10
a little icing sugar - Total weight: 395 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 1 hour 2 min.
Cooking: 20 min.
All in all: 1 hour 25 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - ⌛ 10 min.
Prepare your moulds: you can use either pastry rings, or silicon moulds.
In either case, cut out strips of cooking parchment which are 1 cm or 0.5 inch deeper than your moulds/rings.
In either case, cut out strips of cooking parchment which are 1 cm or 0.5 inch deeper than your moulds/rings.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 10 min.
Place a paper strip around the inside or each ring or mould. If they are rings (bottomless) stand them on another square of cooking parchment.
Preheat oven at 180°C or 356°F.
Preheat oven at 180°C or 356°F.
Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.
Chop 80 g dark chocolate with a knife, or cut in small pieces.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 10 min.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 3 min.
Stage 6 - ⌛ 5 min.
Beat together for around 4 or 5 minutes...
Stage 7
... until the mixture forms "ribbons", i.e. which while pouring it runs rather like a flat ribbon.
Stage 9 - ⌛ 2 min.
Mix well.
Stage 10 - ⌛ 2 min.
Pour onto this mixture 5 or 6 tablespoons of beaten egg.
Stage 11 - ⌛ 2 min.
Mix well.
Stage 12 - ⌛ 2 min.
Then pour the whole into the remaining beaten eggs.
Stage 13 - ⌛ 3 min.
Mix well the mixture resembles chocolate mousse.
Stage 14 - ⌛ 5 min.
Pour mixture into the moulds to about ¾ the depth, and place 3 raspberries on top.
Stage 15 - ⌛ 9 min.
Put in the oven for 8 to 9 minutes.
Stage 16 - ⌛ 5 min.
Important: the whole point of this recipe is that the cake should only be half cooked, if not it's just a traditional chocolate cake.
At the end of the 9 minutes, tap the top of the cake, if it's a little bit crusty, it's done: take out of the oven, because it will continue cooking a little while afterwards.
The cakes can be turned out as soon as you can touch them.
At the end of the 9 minutes, tap the top of the cake, if it's a little bit crusty, it's done: take out of the oven, because it will continue cooking a little while afterwards.
The cakes can be turned out as soon as you can touch them.
Stage 17 - ⌛ 5 min.
Serve on a plate, sprinkled with a little icing sugar, surrounded by raspberry coulis and decorated with mint leaves.
Remarks
You can replace raspberries with strawberries, or more surprisingly by blackcurrants.
If you do not have a coulis, you can quickly prepare a "mash of fruits" by mixing and crushing the fruits (raspberries, cut in small pieces, wild strawberries, currants...) summarily with a fork.
If you do not have a coulis, you can quickly prepare a "mash of fruits" by mixing and crushing the fruits (raspberries, cut in small pieces, wild strawberries, currants...) summarily with a fork.
Keeping: To eat right now.
Source: From Frédéric Beau.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 20 RDI=7 % | 200 RDI=20 % | 100 RDI=20 % | 1,620 RDI=80 % | 6,790 RDI: 80 % |
| Per 100 g | 4 RDI=2 % | 50 RDI=5 % | 30 RDI=4 % | 410 RDI=20 % | 1,720 RDI: 20 % |
| Per piece | 3 RDI=1 % | 30 RDI=3 % | 20 RDI=3 % | 270 RDI=10 % | 1,130 RDI: 10 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 6 pieces : 1.90 €
- Per piece : 0.35 €
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