Chocolate cake

At a glance

Servings:	8
Prep time:	10 minutes
Cook time:	25 minutes
Total time:	35 minutes
Meal type:	Dessert
Allergy list:	Egg
Misc:	Serve Cold
Region:	Worldwide
Description:	A light, moist, rich tasting chocolate cake
Submitted by:	Paul

Please note: only the ingredient list has been updated, you will need to allow for different cooking times, temperatures and quantities in each step.

Ingredients

Measurement: Imperial | Metric | USA

300g dark chocolate (broken into pieces)
150g unsalted butter
6 medium eggs
50g caster sugar

Optional

1 handful icing sugar (to sprinkle over the cake)

Directions

Step 1

A 20cm round cake tin lined with greaseproof paper.

Line a 20cm round cake tin with greaseproof paper.

Step 2

Melting chocolate in a bowl, over a wok filled with hot water.

Melt the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water.

Step 3

Chocolate cake mixture, mixed in a bowl.

Whisk the egg yolks with two tablespoons of sugar.

Stir in the melted chocolate.

Add the remaining sugar to the egg whites and whip. Then add this to the chocolate mixture and stir.

Step 4

Pour the mixture into the cake tin.

Step 5

Place in the middle tray of a pre-heated oven at 180ºC / 350ºF / gas mark 4 for 20 minutes.

Remove and leave to cool for 5 minutes

Step 6

Turn over and place on a plate.

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