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Rich Chocolate Cake
This is so moist, and so rich and so worth baking
Recipe Category:
Baking
Makes enough for:
1
cake
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Adapted from Chez Panisse Café Cookbook page 218
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Ingredients
253
g
butter
213
g
70% chocolate, roughly chopped
43
g
solid cacao*, roughly chopped
6
eggs, separated
234
g
fructose
61
g
flour, sifted
2.5
mls
cream of tartar
Method
Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius
Place the butter into a bain-marie and leave to melt
Add the chocolate and cacao and leave to melt, stirring occasionally
When smooth, remove from the heat and set aside to cool slightly
Place the egg yolks into a medium sized mixing bowl and whisk until broken up
Add the fructose and whisk until just combined
Pour into the chocolate and whisk to mix
Add the flour and fold in until combined
Place the egg whites into the bowl of a stand mixer
Whisk until frothy and then add the cream of tartar
Continue whisking to soft peak stage
Add a third to the chocolate mixture and stir gently to combine
Then fold in the rest of the egg whites as gently as possible
When completely combined pour the batter into a lined spring-form tin
Bake for 45 minutes and remove from the oven
Leave to cool completely in the tin before removing
Notes
* if you cannot find solid cacao you can use the darkest chocolate you can find, such as Lindt EXCELLENCE 99%