CHOCOLATE CAKE MOELLEUX

 

 

This very moist chocolate cake is a fantastic dessert. It stays fresh several days!!!  Enjoy it also with your morning brew. I made this cake to celebrate Valentine’s Day. My husband loved it!!!  Serve with a glass of red Porto.

 

Preparation: 15 min; Cooking time: 25 min.

3.5 oz of chocolate (Lindt 70% Cocoa)

4 3/8 oz of unsalted butter

4 large eggs

½ cup of sugar

2 tbsp of flour

1 ½ lbs of strawberries sliced very thin

Confectioners’ sugar for serving

 

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Grease a 6 heart shaped cake pan.

Break the chocolate and cut the butter into small pieces .Put them into a bowl. Prepare a bain-marie (put 2 cups of water into a medium saucepan and place the bowl into the saucepan). Bring to a gentle boil and let the chocolate and butter melt together.

In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar until light consistency and lemony color. Add the flour and combine to obtain a smooth mixture.

Stir the chocolate and butter together and add to the eggs-sugar-flour preparation. Whisk until smooth consistency.

Spoon batter into the heart shaped cake pan and bake 10 minutes at 350 F.

Decrease the temperature of the oven to 200 F. and bake 15 more minutes.

Serve warm with the sliced strawberries and dust with Confectioners ‘sugar.

Bon Appétit!