Twice-baked chocolate cake recipe

Twice-baked chocolate cake recipe

Two textures in one cake? Easy! The trick is to over-bake the bottom layer and under-bake the top layer. This recipe just so happens to be gluten-free and nut-free too. Serve with crème fraîche and fresh cherries when in season.

Tip: this cake is best eaten on the day it is made, but it can be wrapped and stored at room temperature for up to 3 days.

Ingredients

  • 240 g dark (bittersweet) chocolate
  • 240 g unsalted butter
  • 7 eggs, separated
  • 260 g caster sugar
  • 15 g cocoa powder, sifted
  • 8.5 oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate
  • 8.5 oz unsalted butter
  • 7 eggs, separated
  • 9.2 oz caster sugar
  • 0.5 oz cocoa powder, sifted
  • 8.5 oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate
  • 8.5 oz unsalted butter
  • 7 eggs, separated
  • 9.2 oz caster sugar
  • 0.5 oz cocoa powder, sifted

Details

  • Cuisine: British
  • Recipe Type: Cake
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Preparation Time: 20 mins
  • Cooking Time: 75 mins
  • Serves: 8

Step-by-step

  1. Preheat the oven to 170°C fan/190°C/375°F/gas mark 5 and grease a 20.5-cm/8-inch springform cake pan with butter and line with baking parchment.
  2. Melt the chocolate and butter together over a bain marie, then transfer to a large mixing bowl to cool slightly.
  3. Put the egg yolks in the bowl of a stand mixer or in a mixing bowl with 160g/5.5 oz of the sugar. Whisk together until fluffy using the whisk attachment or a hand-held electric whisk. In another bowl, whisk the egg whites with the remaining sugar to soft peaks.
  4. Pour the yolks and sugar into the chocolate and butter mixture and stir together. Fold in the egg whites and sugar in three batches, then fold in the cocoa powder in two batches.
  5. Pour half of the cake batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45 minutes until risen and a skewer comes out completely clean. Take out of the oven and leave to cool slightly. Turn the oven down to 160°C fan/180°C/350°F/gas mark 4.
  6. When the cake is cool, press the edges down gently so it’s flat. Pour the remaining cake mixture into the pan and bake for 25–30 minutes until the outer edges have risen and the middle is slightly soft and jiggly.
  7. Allow to cool in the pan completely before removing.

This recipe is from The Pastry Chef’s Guide: The secret to successful baking every time by Ravneet Gill (Pavilion Books). Photography by Jessica Griffiths.

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