Chocolate magic cake
1 hour 40 min
The magical part is seeing that it has formed into layers after it has baked, making it part cake and part mousse. Dust cake with icing sugar and serve with berries, whipped cream or chocolate sauce.
Julie Hubert
8 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 10
- 60g cocoa powder
- 40g plain flour
- 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
- 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 4 eggs at room temperature, separated
- 200g caster sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
- 120g unsalted butter, melted
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 475ml whole milk, lukewarm
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:50min ›
Extra time:30min cooling ›
Ready in:1hr40min
- Preheat oven to 160 C / Gas 3. Grease an 20cm square baking tin.
- Whisk cocoa powder, flour, espresso powder and salt together in a bowl.
- Combine egg yolks, caster sugar and water in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on high speed until eggs are light and creamy, about 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low and add butter and vanilla extract. Increase speed to medium; beat until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Reduce speed to low and add the cocoa mixture in 3 batches, mixing thoroughly after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl. Stir milk slowly into the mixture until well combined. Pour chocolate mixture into a separate bowl.
- Clean and dry out bowl and beaters. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar together on high speed until stiff peaks form. Fold 3/4 of the egg white mixture into the chocolate mixture using a spatula; pour back into the egg white bowl, folding mixture in slowly until smooth but still light and fluffy. Pour mixture into the prepared tin.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges are set and centre still jiggles slightly, about 50 minutes. Let cake cool completely, at least 30 minutes.
