Saturday 23 December 2017


It is a rich chocolate cake, which is highly suitable for any family celebration.

Cake
Ingredients 
7
7
120g
100g
100g
100g
1 tsp
1tbsp
Eggs yolk

Eggs white
Unsalted butter
Dark chocolate
Grated almond / walnut  
Sugar/honey
Vanilla extract
Corn flour

For baking you should use baking tin with diameter of 20-25 cm.
Preparation of the tin:
·       If it is a non- sticky coated tin you oil it and after sieve little flour to cover the surface thinly.
·      If it is silicon baking tin you just oil it.
Set the oven 180 0C
Method
·      Soften the chocolate in a bowl placed in water bath (pan with boiling water in it)
·      Whisk the egg whites in a bowl until you get a hard froth.
·      Beat the egg yolks with butter than add the sugar and vanilla extract.
·      Add the melted chocolate, almond/walnut and flour to the mixture.
·      Gently fold in the egg foam
·      Transfer the mixture into the tin.


·      Place the tin into the preheated 180 0C oven. 
·      The baking takes approximately 35-40 minutes (you can check it with a fork, if the pastry does not stick to the fork it is ready)
·      When it is ready you empty the tin onto a kitchen towel finely covered with icing sugar (in this case the cake does not stick to the towel) and you cover the top of the cake with a damp kitchen towel.
·      Leave it to cool.



Cream
Ingredients
100g
100g
200g
Melted dark chocolate
Icing sugar
Mascarpone cheese

Method
  • Soften the chocolate in a bowl placed in water bath
  • Mix the sugar, mascarpone cheese and dark chocolate to a light cream

Finally:
Cut the cake horizontally into two.
Put the ¾ of the cream on one half.
Place the other half on it.
Decorate the top with the remaining cream and whole almonds or walnuts.