Cake Recipe

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A moist chocolate mud cake with few ingredients and easy

preparation

TOTAL 01:05
PREP 00:20
COOK 00:45

Servings
1
2
3
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20

Metric
US

INGREDIENTS
300 gr of bitter chocolate
1/4 cup of sugar
250 gr of butter
5 yolks
5 egg whites
1 pinch of salt
3/4 cup of flour
 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder
1 vanilla bean or equivalent
For the ganache
200 ml of cream
100 gr of chocolate
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to mild temperature – 130°C/266°F.
2. Grease and flour (or use parchment paper as I did) a
20x30cm/7.8×11.8in pan.
3. Put the chocolate cut in small pieces into a bowl.
4. Add the butter.
5. Place this bowl on a pan with water and melt it in bain
marie.
6. When it melts, take it out of the gas source, mix it until well
combined.
7. Beat the yolks with the sugar and vanilla until it becomes
clear and foamy.
8. Mix the yolks mixture with the melted chocolate.
9. Sift the flour, together with the baking power, over the
mixture and mix to combine.
10. Beat the egg whites until stiff and add them to the rest,
mixing gently until well mixed.
11. Bake in mild oven (130°C/266°F) for 45 minutes.
12. Prepare the ganache putting the cream to boil. When it boils,
turn off the gas and add the chocolate fondant cut in small
pieces and stir until completely melt.
Using a spatula, spread and smooth it over the mud cake.