Nanou's chocolate cake
A moist melting cake, very very chocolaty...
274K 3.7/5 based on 56 reviews
Last modified on: June 22th 2013
Keywords for this recipe:For 3 cakes, you will need:
- 1
750 ml dark chocolate - 2
619.2 ml butter - 3
600 ml icing sugar - 4
12 Eggs - 5
150 ml caster sugar - 6
681 ml ground almonds - 7
351 ml flour - 8
A few flakeds almonds (optional)
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 50 min. | 55 min. | 1 hour 45 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Break 750 ml dark chocolate into small pieces, and put them in a pan.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Add 619.2 ml 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 12 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
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 14,300 Kcal or 59,871 Kj | 168 gr | 1,349 gr | 914 gr |
| 715 % | 65 % | 127 % | 139 % |
| 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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 3 cakes : 18.47 €
- Per cake : 6.16 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sautéed green vegetables, Soft apple cookies, Spicy roast cauliflower gratin, Fish in white wine, Celeriac and sesame soup, ... All |
 | Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Jam doughnuts, Rich hazelnut buttercream, Hazelnut and orange cake, Gâteau Nantais, Oat financiers for Louise, ... All |
 | Dark chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate thins with toasted nuts, Moist chocolate cake, Hot chocolate, Chocolate mousse, Chocolate mendiants, ... All |
 | Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chestnut moelleux, Fruit crumble, Caramelized apple rice pudding, Crisp apricot and pistachio tart, Financier batter, ... All |
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