Moist chocolate cake
Published: June 22, 2023 at 6:06 PM
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Serves 10
Easy
Total time: 1 hr
+ 1 hour in the oven
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This rich and moist chocolate cake is dense, sticky and decadent. The frosting is pure heaven and difficult to resist eating before the cake is even finished
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Ingredients
Nutrition
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200g and extra for buttering unsalted butter
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for lining the tin plain flour
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300g dark chocolate (70 per cent cocoa solids)
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6 eggs
separated
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200g golden caster sugar
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150g ground almonds
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a squeeze of juice lemon
FROSTING
- 4 rounded tbsp apricot jam
- 500g pack marzipan
- 200g dark chocolate (70 per cent cocoa solids)
- 75g unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp double cream
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal913
- fat62.1g
- saturates27.8g
- carbs79.6g
- fibre4.8g
- protein13.8g
- salt0.17g
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Method
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step 1
Heat the oven to 180C/ fan 160C/gas 4. Butter, flour and line the base of a 23cm springform cake tin with baking parchment.
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step 2
Melt the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Stir.
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step 3
Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until pale and very thick. Mix in the melted chocolate and butter. Stir in the almonds.
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step 4
Whisk the egg whites and lemon juice until they hold a stiff peak. Stir a large spoonful into the chocolate to loosen the mixture then fold in the rest. Spoon into the tin and bake for about 1 hour until the cake has formed a crust and a skewer comes out with cooked-looking crumbs. Cool in the tin.
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step 5
Melt the jam, sieve and use to brush the top and sides of the cake. Roll the marzipan out into a large, thin circle. Lay over the cake, covering the top and sides. Smooth and trim off any excess. Brush with jam.
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step 6
Melt the chocolate, butter and cream together. Stir until smooth. Set aside to cool and thicken. Spoon the icing on the top of the cake and use a palette knife to smooth it down over the sides. Leave to set.
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