Bruce Bogtrotters' Chocolate Cake
The chocolate cake with chocolate icing from the Roald Dahl children's book Matilda.
Equipment
- 8 1/2" cake pan
- parchment paper
Ingredients
- 1 pkg semi-sweet chocolate 8 oz
- 1.5 sticks butter, salted 12 tablespoons
- 1.125 cups sugar 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons
- .25 cup flour
- 6 eggs separated
Icing
- 1 pkg semi-sweet chocolate 8 oz
- 8 oz heavy cream
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 350˚.
- Melt semi-sweet chocolate in microwave (at 30 second intervals)
- Prepare cake pan by spreading a little butter on bottom, then lining bottom and sides with parchment paper.
- Using room-temperature eggs, separate yolks from whites.
- Add butter to your melted chocolate. Incorporate.
- Add sugar and flour.
- Lightly beat egg yolks. Incorporate in mixture.
- Beat egg whites until they're nice and stiff.
- Add half of beaten egg whites, folding into the chocolate cake batter.
- Take chocolate cake batter and pour into the remaining half of egg whites, folding it in.
- Bake in 350˚ oven for 40-45 minutes, or until the center of the cake is set.
- Chill cake for one hour before frosting.
Icing (or ganache)
- On med-low heat, add semi-sweet chocolate to heavy cream, mixing until the chocolate has melted into the cream, creating a smooth ganache.
- To chilled cake, pour ganache evenly over whole cake.
Nutrition
Calories: 912kcalCarbohydrates: 77gProtein: 11gFat: 63gSaturated Fat: 37gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 18gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 212mgSodium: 218mgPotassium: 559mgFiber: 7gSugar: 59gVitamin A: 1167IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 96mgIron: 6mg
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