Light Chocolate Cake
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40 min
This cake is incredibly chocolatey and light in texture. Beaten egg whites are folded into the chocolate cake batter, before being baked to perfection. Serve with a dusting of icing sugar, fresh berries or whipped cream.
Anizou
7 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 1 tablespoon water
- 125g butter, softened
- 150g caster sugar
- 200g dark chocolate
- 6 eggs
- 1 knob butter and 1 teaspoon of flour to butter and flour tin
- 1 pinch salt
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:25min ›
Ready in:40min
- Preheat the oven to 200 C / Gas 6.
- Melt the chocolate with water in the microwave for 1 minute. Add the softened butter cut into pieces. Mix well.
- Whisk the egg yolks and sugar with a hand mixer until fluffy. Add melted chocolate.
- In a bowl, beat egg whites and 1 pinch salt until stiff. Fold into chocolate mixture.
- Butter a baking tin and coat it with flour. Pour batter into the tin and bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool.
