Chocolate cake with plums recipe
Recipe for a delicious, fluffy and intensely chocolate pound cake baked with plums.
Wyposażenie
- Baking tin approximately 20/30 cm or 24/24 cm.
Składniki
ingredients for chocolate cake with plums
- 60 ml milk (mine is 1.5%)
- 100 g dark chocolate
- 200 g butter (soft)
- 200 g powdered sugar (- 1 and 1/3 cups - regular sugar 1 cup)
- 5 egg yolks (from size L eggs)
- 5 egg whites
- 300 g wheat flour - all-purpose (- 2 cups)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 20 g unsweetened cocoa (- 2 tablespoons)
- approx 600 g plums
ingredients for chocolate sauce
- 100 ml heavy cream (mine is 30%)
- 50 g dark chocolate
- powdered sugar (to taste - optional - I didn't add any)
Instrukcja
How to make chocolate cake with plums
- Break the chocolate into pieces, add milk to it and melt together - I heated it in the microwave, you can also melt it in a water bath - mix thoroughly and let it cool.60 ml milk, 100 g dark chocolate
- Cream the butter with powdered sugar on high speed until fluffy and very light.200 g butter, 200 g powdered sugar
- Meanwhile, sift the flour with baking powder and cocoa through a sieve.300 g wheat flour - all-purpose, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 20 g unsweetened cocoa
- Add the cooled chocolate to the creamed butter and mix briefly.
- Add the egg yolks and mix on low speed until combined.5 egg yolks
- Add the flour in portions and mix briefly on low speed - just until combined.
- Whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt until a thick and white foam forms.5 egg whites
- Add the egg whites in two portions to the chocolate batter and mix with a spoon.
- Transfer the batter to the prepared tin - I lined it with baking paper.
- Arrange the sliced plums on top, skin side down.approx 600 g plums
- Place the cake in an oven preheated to 170 degrees (fan-assisted) or 180 degrees (top/bottom heat) and bake for about 45 minutes - until a dry skewer comes out clean.
- After baking, cool the cake on a wire rack.
How to make chocolate sauce for cake
- In a saucepan, heat the heavy cream, when hot, add the broken chocolate to it.100 ml heavy cream , 50 g dark chocolate
- Mix the sauce thoroughly until smooth.
- If you prefer sweeter sauces, you can additionally sweeten it with powdered sugar.powdered sugar
- Pour the sauce over the cake.
Film
Uwagi
The recipe video is in Polish, but you can watch it to see the step-by-step process.
Wartości Odżywcze
Serving: 100gCalories: 272kcalWeglowodany: 31gProtein: 5gTłuszcz: 14g
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