Nanou's chocolate cake
A moist melting cake, very very chocolaty...
240,3603.6/5 for 47 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: June 22th 2013
For 1 cake, you will need:
- 0
200 g chocolate - 1
200 g butter - 2
200 g icing sugar - 3
4 eggs - 4
50 g caster sugar - 5
100 g ground almonds - 6
75 g flour - 7
A few flaked almonds (optional) - Total weight: 1,025 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 50 min. | 55 min. | 1 hour 45 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Keeping:
Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Break 200 g 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.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 4,767 Kcal or 19,958 Kj | 56 gr | 450 gr | 305 gr |
| 238 % | 22 % | 42 % | 46 % |
| 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 1 cake : 6.16 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Brigitte.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Comtoise apple charlotte, Flaky brownie brioche, Little caramelized peach tarts, Baked Mont d'Or with diced mixed vegetables, Buckwheat almond biscuits, ... All |
| Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Walnut paste, Pistachio madeleines, Almond dacquoise, Pistachio "Financiers", X-Files cookies, ... All |
| Chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate ganache, "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, Chocolate Chantilly , Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint, Bounty-style tart for Alison, ... All |
| Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple and almond gratin, Moist cereal bars, Chocolate almond cookies, Strawberry and rhubarb crumble, Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée), ... All |
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