French chocolate cake

Name: French chocolate cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 125 g (4 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 125 g (4 oz) good-quality dark chocolate, chopped; 3 eggs, separated; 75 g (2½ oz) plain flour; 125 g (4 oz) caster sugar; icing sugar, to dust

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

Cakes

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

It is the egg whites in this rich chocolate cake that make the cake first rise. Once fully cooked, the cake sinks again to obtain a moist texture. Delicious served warm.

Ingredients

125 g (4 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature
125 g (4

Europe
France
Cake
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to moderate 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Line an 18 cm (7 inch) diameter, 5 cm (2 inch) deep cake tin (see Chef’s techniques). Grease the paper and dust with flour.
In a small bowl, using a wooden spoon,