Chocolate cake
A traditional-style recipe for a moist chocolate cake with plenty of chocolate flavour.
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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
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, wrapped in plastic film.
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 min. | 30 min. | 40 min. | 1 hour 16 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?
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.
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!].
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 1 cake : 2.27 €
Source
Based on recipe by Jean-Luc Poujauran.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Brown sugar: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Gingerbread, Cookies, Quince and apple compote, Flaky brownie brioche, Sweet pancake rolls from Brittany, ... All |
| Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to prepare spinach, Dublin fruit scones, Melting Epoisses on toast , Tournedos Rossini, Eggs Arsène, ... All |
| Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pancake batter, Muffin dough, Diamond biscuits, Walnut short bread, Chocolate eclairs, ... All |
| Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lille style chicken, Fisherman's Ragout, Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras, Pan-fried salmon with white cabbage, Grapefruit moelleux, ... All |
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Your 4 comments or questions 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.
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