Chocolate cake
A traditional-style recipe for a moist chocolate cake with plenty of chocolate flavour.
Last modified on: December 25th 2015
For 1 cake, you will need:
- 1
90 g butter - 2
90 g flour - 3
10 g baking powder - 4
40 g powdered cocoa - 5
3 eggs - 6
120 g brown sugar - 7
10 g vanilla sugar - 8
50 g cream - Total weight: 560 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation
6 min.
Resting
30 min.
Cooking
40 min.
All in all
1 hour 20 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - ⌛ 2 min.
Melt 90 g butter and set aside. Sieve together 90 g flour, 10 g baking powder and 40 g powdered cocoa.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 2 min.
Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.
Pour the sugar-egg mixture into the flour, add the melted butter, 50 g cream and mix thoroughly.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 30 min.
Pour the mixture into a mould or tin and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Note: As always with cakes, if you want a nice opening on top when baking, try this very effective trick.
Note: As always with cakes, if you want a nice opening on top when baking, try this very effective trick.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 40 min.
Preheat the oven to 410°F (210°C).
Bake for about 40 minutes. Check towards the end of the cooking time, as the cake should not be allowed to overcook and dry out.
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Bake for about 40 minutes. Check towards the end of the cooking time, as the cake should not be allowed to overcook and dry out.
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
If you are a real chocolate lover, you can add chocolate chips to the mixture.
[Translator's note: the French have adopted the English term "cake" specifically for long, loaf-shaped cakes, like the typical fruit cake. But French "cakes" come in savoury versions, too!].
[Translator's note: the French have adopted the English term "cake" specifically for long, loaf-shaped cakes, like the typical fruit cake. But French "cakes" come in savoury versions, too!].
Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, wrapped in plastic film.
Source: Based on recipe by Jean-Luc Poujauran.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 1 cake : 2.30 €
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Brown sugar
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Butter
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Flour
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Cream
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The 4 comments already posted on this recipe
You listed cream in the ingredient list, but you don't use it.
Is it normal ?
Regards
You're right, small translation error, now corrected.
Thank you for saying.