French Chocolate Cake
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: French
Serves: 12-16
Ingredients
  • 250 grams soft butter, split 200 for cake, then 50 for topping
  • (or 1¾ stick / 14 tablespoons butter for cake, then 3½ tablespoon butter for topping)
  • 6 eggs, split, using 6 yolks and only 3 whites
  • a few dashes of salt
  • 250 g sugar or 1⅛ cup
  • 250g baking chocolate 60%
  • 100 g ground almonds, or about 1 cup
  • 3 tablespoons Maizena (corn starch)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla (opt)
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • Frosting:
  • the remaining butter - listed above
  • 125 g chocolate 70%
  • 1-2 tablespoons milk (opt)
  • ⅔ cup confectioner sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 200-220°C or 400-425°F
  2. (Make sure butter for recipe has been sitting out and is nice and soft)
  3. Butter the quiche pan and put parchment paper on the bottom. Put butter on top of that, then sprinkle sugar on bottom and sides and shake out excess.
  4. Separate the eggs and first mix the 3 whites in one bowl, with several dashes of salt until stiff.
  5. Then mix the yolks and sugar in a bigger bowl until it turns white.
  6. Melt the 250 grams of chocolate in the microwave (1 minute, stir, then add 15 seconds if needed), or in a double boiler. Add that to the egg yolk-sugar mixture.
  7. Add 200 grams of softened butter, ground almonds, corn starch, baking powder and vanilla and mix that in.
  8. Put aside the mixer and fold the whites into the batter using a spatula. Mix well, but stop as soon as you don't see any more whites.
  9. Pour into pan and bake for 25-30 mns.
  10. Let it cool for a half hour, then flip over onto plate.
  11. Melt the chocolate and remaining butter and add the confectioner sugar (and if desired, the milk to help make it easier to spread).
  12. Cover the cake carefully with the topping.
  13. You can refrigerate, but take out an hour before eating.
  14. Cut small slices and enjoy!
Recipe by A Lady In France at https://aladyinfrance.com/french-chocolate-cake/