Gâteau au chocolat

Name: Gâteau au chocolat (Rich Chocolate Cake)
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 4 eggs; The eggs’ weight of each of the following: plain chocolate, butter and caster sugar; The eggs’ weight of each of the following: plain chocolate, butter and caster sugar; The eggs’ weight of each of the following: plain chocolate, butter and caster sugar; The eggs’ weight of each of the following: plain chocolate, butter and caster sugar; 1 tablespoon potato flour (or cornflour); 1 tablespoon potato flour (or cornflour); 2 tablespoons vanilla sugar; 3 oz (75 g) ground almonds

Rich Chocolate Cake

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd on France

By Keith Floyd

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

4 eggs
The eggs’ weight of each of the following: plain chocolate, butter and caster sugar
2 tablespoons<

Europe
France
Lorraine
Dessert
Vegetarian
Cake
Mediterranean

Method

Separate the eggs. Put the chocolate in a mixing bowl over a pan of simmering water. When it has melted, whisk in the butter, sugar and vanilla sugar, egg yolks and ground almonds. Next add the potato flour and fold in the egg whites, stiffly beaten.

Pour the mixture into a buttered shallow tart tin and bake in the oven at gas mark 5, 375°F (190°C), for about 40 minutes. Let the cake co