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17/02/2007, 12:34 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot (46) Posts 7,795 vey nice & easy chocolate cake picked up in Le Figaro cooking collection... for a 25cm/9½" spring base round mould, buttered sides and bottom. oven to 180° cake: 250g dark chocolate 8 eggs, separated 180g castor sugar 50g flour 125g butter icing (optional): 180g dark chocolate 20cl liquid cream 20g butter 1 tbsp icing sugar Cake: Break chocolate into bits and melt into a bain-marie (or microwave). Add cut butter, remove from heat, mix gently and set aside to cool a bit. Mix sugar to eggs yolks with mixer until white and fluffy. Beat whites to stiff peaks. Pour yolk mix into whites and mix gently. Add cooled chocolate mix gently. Add flour and mix gently. Pour into mould and bake for 20-25mn. It should stay soft in the center, like a brownie... Remove from oven, leave to cool, bla bla bla... You can eat when cool or add icing: Icing: Finely grate chocolate. Bring cream to the boil and remove from heat. Add grated chocolate, keeping 1 tbsp back, and mix very gently until melted and smooth. Add butter and mix again. Pour over baked cake and leave to harden. Sprinkle with icing sugar and left-over grated chocolate. Clair Real Virtual French Person    Report

17/02/2007, 12:37 cooperlola Joined on 05/05/2006 72 - Sarthe - home of les 24 heures du Mans Posts 6,440 Re: vey nice & easy chocolate cake My waistline is suffering enough from living over here, Clair, without you posting stuff like this! Healthcare Issues Site    Report

17/02/2007, 12:41 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot (46) Posts 7,795 Re: vey nice & easy chocolate cake There's hardly any fattening stuff in it, it's light and fluffy and you can skip the icing without losing any of the delicious taste! Honest! Clair Real Virtual French Person    Report

17/02/2007, 13:37 Beryl Joined on 01/01/2006 Posts 816 Re: vey nice & easy chocolate cake The cake recipe is actually similar in ingredients to that of Brownies . I don't think you can make a chocolate cake with anything other than real chocolate, I find that any chocolate taste in cocoa gets lost in the mix unless it's for icing. Thanks Clair, that will be tea time tomorrow sorted.      Report

17/02/2007, 13:46 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot (46) Posts 7,795 Re: vey nice & easy chocolate cake Well I've just made it again, and it was much easier 2nd time round: 15mn to prepare everything and it's in the oven! Clair Real Virtual French Person    Report

19/02/2007, 12:07 Patf Joined on 23/08/2004 SW Gers Posts 2,333 Re: vey nice & easy chocolate cake Clair - I made this cake yesterday and it is really yummy! I think I should have baked it a bit longer though because it 's quite sloppy in the centre. The rest has a dense sponge texture. Pat.    Report

19/02/2007, 12:11 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot (46) Posts 7,795 Re: vey nice & easy chocolate cake You're right re cooking times, I adjusted to 30mn. You'e right re taste too  Yummy is the word!! Clair Real Virtual French Person    Report

19/02/2007, 12:23 Beryl Joined on 01/01/2006 Posts 816 Re: vey nice & easy chocolate cake It was good and didn't stay around long .   I have been instructed to try and make it in my mini bar mould for individual smaller cakes too.    Report

19/02/2007, 12:40 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot (46) Posts 7,795 Re: vey nice & easy chocolate cake I was thinking about that too! I recently got a 'financier' baking tray (from Lidl, so much cheaper than this one!) so that'll be the one I'll try it in. I suppose I'll have to reduce the baking time and start checking after 15mn without opening the oven door of course Clair Real Virtual French Person    Report

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