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The Perfect Chocolate Cake
You know how sometimes you just simply crave a chocolate cake that is a bit dense and moist but not really super sweet, well this is the one.
Course
Dessert
Prep Time
20
minutes
Cook Time
25
minutes
Cooling time
15
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
Servings
8
People
Author
Khaled
Equipment
18 cm (7 inch) square cake pan
Ingredients
200
grams
Dark chocolate
(70% cocoa)
200
grams
Butter
unsalted
4
pcs
Eggs
150
grams
Sugar
60
grams
Flour
5
grams
Baking powder
Instructions
Pre-preparation
Take the eggs out of the chiller.
Preheat the oven to 170°C, grease the cake pan and dust with cocoa powder.
Cut the butter into small 10-20 grams cube.
Mix the flour with baking powder and sift it.
Preparation
Melt the chocolate in a microwave or on a double boiler.
Add the butter to the chocolate and mix till butter is melted and a homogeneous mixture.
Using a Stand mixer, whisk the eggs with the sugar till fluffy and double in volume.
Using a rubber spatula, fold in the flour and baking powder gradually, on two additions.
Fold in the chocolate and butter mixture with the eggs.
Pour in the pan and bake for 25 minutes, or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
Leave the cake to cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan.
Notes
( for gluten-free replace the flour with 40 g Almond powder, 20 g cocoa powder)