Nanou's chocolate cake


Nanou's chocolate cake
A moist melting cake, very very chocolaty...
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Last modified on: June 22th 2013

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50 min.55 min.1 hour 45 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 5 min.
Nanou's chocolate cake
Break 8.8 oz dark chocolate into small pieces, and put them in a pan.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Nanou's chocolate cake
Add 7.3 oz butter cut in pieces, cover and put on very gentle heat, or in a bain-marie, to dissolve.

Stage 3 - 2 min.
Nanou's chocolate cake
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.
Nanou's chocolate cake
... and beat well to incorporate.

Stage 6 - 3 min.
Nanou's chocolate cake
Sieve together 7.0 oz icing sugar, 8.0 oz ground almonds and 4.1 oz flour, to mix.

Stage 7 - 5 min.
Nanou's chocolate cake
Add these dry ingredients to the butter-chocolate-egg yolks mixture, and mix well.

Stage 8
Nanou's chocolate cake
You will obtain a rather stiff mixture, which is normal.

Stage 9 - 5 min.
Nanou's chocolate cake
Preheat oven to 180°C ou 356°F.

Beat white eggs, and when stiff fold in 1.8 oz caster sugar.

Stage 10 - 1 min.
Nanou's chocolate cake
Take a few tablespoons of egg white, and put them onto mixture.

Stage 11 - 3 min.
Nanou's chocolate cake
Incorporate these tablespoons of egg white into the mixt, to lighten it a little.

Stage 12 - 1 min.
Nanou's chocolate cake
Pour this "lightened" mixture into remaining egg whites.

Stage 13 - 10 min.
Nanou's chocolate cake
And start to fold in gently with a spatula or a maryse.

Stage 14
Nanou's chocolate cake
Incline the bowl to facilitate your work, you should end up with a mixture...

Stage 15
Nanou's chocolate cake
... that's smooth and very chocolaty.

Stage 16 - 1 min.
Nanou's chocolate cake
If you like, scatter some flaked almonds in the bottom of cake mould.

Stage 17 - 2 min.
Nanou's chocolate cake
Then pour mixture in.

Stage 18 - 50 min.
Nanou's chocolate cake
Put in the oven for 40 to 50 minutes. Check cooking after 30 minutes.

Stage 19
Nanou's chocolate cake
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 valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
4,767 Kcal or 19,958 Kj56 gr450 gr305 gr
238 %22 %42 %46 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
465 Kcal or 1,947 Kj5 gr44 gr30 gr
23 %2 %4 %5 %
Per cake
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
4,767 Kcal or 19,958 Kj56 gr450 gr305 gr
238 %22 %42 %46 %
% 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).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg, Nuts, Gluten
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 cake : 6.16 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
Icing sugarIcing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Croute à thé, Arizona cupcakes, Amiens macaroons, Financier batter, Armagnac marzipan, ... All
Dark chocolateDark chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate mendiants, Chocolate cream, Chocolate Chantilly , Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes, "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, ... All
ButterButter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs Benedict , "Au vert" beef, Cashew-nut and Parmesan biscuits, Icelandic-style fish and vegetable pie, Baked apples from St Aubin le Vertueux, ... All
Ground almondsGround almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Brioche royale, Amiens macaroons, Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée), Santiago Cake, Arlesian Biscuits, ... All
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