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Nanou's chocolate cake
A moist melting cake, very very chocolaty...
300 K 3.7/5 (56 reviews)632639
Last modified on: June 22th 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...
Then add yolks to butter-chocolate mixture...
Stage 5 - ⌛ 2 min.
... and beat well to incorporate.
Stage 6 - ⌛ 3 min.
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.
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 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 | 56 RDI=86 % | 449 RDI=170 % | 304 RDI=417 % | 4,766 RDI=238 % | 19,957 RDI: 238 % |
| Per 100 g | 5 RDI=8 % | 43 RDI=17 % | 29 RDI=41 % | 465 RDI=23 % | 1,947 RDI: 23 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 cake : 6.20 €
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