Recipe: Some sort of chocolate cake

Ok, I saw this chocolate cake like recipe. I thought of trying it. Turned out quite nice. Only sad thing is I was too lazy to make the topping for this cake. The cake itself tastes good! But I think it will super good with the topping. Why don't you guys try and tell me how is it? :)


Oh ya, I am sharing with you the full recipe, my photo will show you quite a thin cake, thats because I didnt have a smaller tray and I only used half the amount of ingredients just for trial sake, so ya, the cake is supposed to be at least twice the thickness you see in the picture. Just follow the recipe ya, from the taste of this, i really think it should turn out awesome.


Ingredients for the cake

115g plain chocolate
85g unsalted butter
55g sugar
4 eggs, separated
1 extra egg white
1/4 teaspoon salt
70g plain flour, sifted


Ingredients for the topping

250ml of water
15g unsalted butter
170g plain chocolate
85g sugar

Instructions


1. Preheat oven to 170 degrees celcius and prepare a 9inch by 2inch tin.

2. Melt the chocolate over a double boiler and set aside.

3. With an electric mixer, cream the butter ad sugar until light and fluffy.

4. Stir in the melted chocolate.

5. Beat in the yolks one at a time.

6. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with the salt until stiff.

7. Fold a dollop of egg whites into the chocolate mixture to lighten it. Then fold in therest of the egg whites in 3 batches, alternating with the sifted flour.

8. Pour into the tin and bake for about 45 minutes.


Now for the topping

1. Melt the butter and chocolate in a double boiler.

2. In a heavy saucepan, dissolve the sugar in the water over a low heat.

3. Raise the temperature to about 107 degrees celcius, check with a cooking thermometer.

4. Then immediately plunge the pan into cold water for 1 minute. Pour into the chocolate mixture and stir to blend. Let it cool for a few minutes.

5. After topping and cake is cool, pour the topping over the cake starting from the centre, working outwards in circular movement. Use a palette knife to smooth the topping and also the sides of the cake. Leave to set over night.

 Here's a pic, but remember, this pic is without the topping and it is only half the thickness it is supposed to be. If you follow the recipe, it will be twice the thickness and with icing on the top. Enjoy! It WILL be good!

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