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Nanou's chocolate cake

Name: Nanou's chocolate cake
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 1 cake
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 200 g dark chocolate; 200 g butter; 200 g icing sugar; 4 eggs; 50 g caster sugar; 100 g ground almonds; 75 g flour; A few flakeds almonds

A moist melting cake, very very chocolaty...

297 K 3.7/5 (56 reviews)

1 hour 45 min. difficulté

Easy

6.20 €

1 cake

8 Ingredients

Last modified on: June 22^th 2013

For 1 cake, you will need:

1 200 g dark 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 flakeds almonds (optional)
Total weight: 1,025 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 50 min.

Cooking: 55 min.

All in all: 1 hour 45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

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

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.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

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.

... and beat well to incorporate.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 3 min.

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

Stage 7 - ⌛ 5 min.

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

Stage 8

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

Stage 9 - ⌛ 5 min.

Preheat oven to 180°C ou 356°F.

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

Stage 10 - ⌛ 1 min.

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

Stage 11 - ⌛ 3 min.

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

Stage 12 - ⌛ 1 min.

Pour this "lightened" mixture into remaining egg whites.

Stage 13 - ⌛ 10 min.

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

Stage 14

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

Stage 15

... that's smooth and very chocolaty.

Stage 16 - ⌛ 1 min.

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

Stage 17 - ⌛ 2 min.

Then pour mixture in.

Stage 18 - ⌛ 50 min.

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

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.

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

Source: Brigitte.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	60 RDI=20 %	450 RDI=40 %	300 RDI=50 %	4,770 RDI=240 %	19,960 RDI: 240 %
Per 100 g	5 RDI=2 %	40 RDI=4 %	30 RDI=5 %	470 RDI=20 %	1,950 RDI: 20 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, egg, Nuts, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 1 cake : 6.20 €

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