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Moist chocolate cake

A moist, loaf-shaped cake with all the chocolate flavour that comes from a double dose: melted chocolate and cocoa powder.

76K 4/5 based on 13 reviews

Last modified on: December 30^th 2018

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For 3 cakes, you will need:

1 180 g butter
2 300 g dark chocolate
3 240 g liquid cream
4 510 g Egg ( How to... )
5 390 g caster sugar
6 30 g Vanilla sugar
7 150 g ground almonds
8 240 g flour
9 45 g powdered cocoa
10 12 g baking powder
Total weight: 2,097 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
21 min.	50 min.	1 hour 11 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Put 180 g butter and 300 g dark chocolate into a bowl over a bain-marie.

The ideal chocolate to use is chips or buttons that melt rapidly, but if you are using a slab, break it into small pieces.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

When the butter and chocolate have both melted, mix with a soft spatula until smooth and evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Add 240 g liquid cream, mix well and remove from the heat.

Set aside.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Put into a mixer bowl: 510 g Egg, 390 g caster sugar, 30 g Vanilla sugar and 150 g ground almonds.

Stage 5 - 4 min.

Beat until evenly mixed.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Sieve together 240 g flour, 45 g powdered cocoa and 12 g baking powder.

Stage 7 - 4 min.

Tip these dry ingredients into the sugar and egg mixture, mix well, then add the melted butter and chocolate. Mix again.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Pour the mixture into a buttered tin or non-stick mould.

Stage 9 - 1 min.

If you would like the top of the cake to open up during cooking (like in the photo), dip a soft spatula in a cup of neutral-flavoured oil (groundnut, for example) and mark a groove along the top of the cake.

Stage 10

You can also make little individual cakes.

Stage 11 - 40 min.

Bake for about 40 minutes, turn out and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Stage 12

If you have opted for small cakes, the cooking time will be much shorter.

Stage 13

Look at the lovely split along the top of this cake, the result of "slashing" the top just before it went in the oven.

Remarks

Once the cake batter is made, it can be kept cold until needed. The best way to do this is to pour it into its tin or mould and refrigerate.

You can enrich this cake with lots of other ingredients: dried fruit, toasted nuts, apples or pears - let your imagination lead the way!

Keeping

Several days in a cloth bag.

Source

Based on a recipe from the pastry cooks at the INBP (French professional bakery institute).

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
8,080 Kcal or 33,829 Kj	137 gr	966 gr	461 gr
404 %	53 %	91 %	70 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
385 Kcal or 1,612 Kj	7 gr	46 gr	22 gr
19 %	3 %	4 %	3 %

Per cake
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,693 Kcal or 11,275 Kj	46 gr	322 gr	154 gr
135 %	18 %	30 %	23 %

% 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 3 cakes : 10.64 €
Per cake : 3.55 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake), Scrambled eggs with langoustines and asparagus tips., Cornmeal baps for Anne, Caramelized pear custard tart, Hachis parmentier, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Plum and almond panna cotta, Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , Crème brulée, Cherry clafoutis, Apple charlotte with toasted brioche, ... All
	Dark chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate ganache, Viennese Shortbread, Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants, Chocolate tart, Chocolate muffins, ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Kouign-amann brioche, Poppy seed and lemon cake, Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants, Chocolate and matcha tea biscuits, Crackers, ... All

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