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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.

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Last modified on: December 30^th 2018

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For 3 cakes, you will need:

1 186 ml butter
2 375 ml dark chocolate
3 240 ml liquid cream
4 510 ml Egg
5 390 ml caster sugar
6 30 ml Vanilla sugar
7 340.5 ml ground almonds
8 374.4 ml flour
9 45 ml powdered cocoa
10 12 ml baking powder

Change these quantities to make: 1 cake 2 cakes 3 cakes

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How long will it take?

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 186 ml butter and 375 ml 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 ml 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 ml Egg, 390 ml caster sugar, 30 ml Vanilla sugar and 340.5 ml ground almonds.

Stage 5 - 4 min.

Beat until evenly mixed.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Sieve together 374.4 ml flour, 45 ml powdered cocoa and 12 ml 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: Hamburger buns, Flamiche, Paris flan filling, Apple and almond cake, Grapefruit cake, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio panna cotta with custard, Plain cake, Saint Honoré cake, Mint and chocolate cream, Nougatine, ... All
	Dark chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint, Chocolate-verbena cream, Chocolate mousse, Millefeuille, Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, How to seal a terrine or casserole dish, Financier batter, Cheese Soufflé, Chocolate almond cookies, ... All

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