Simple Homemade Chocolate Cake

recipe

• Step 1
  Preheat the oven to 180°C. In a pot, melt the chocolate and butter over low heat, until you obtain a smooth mixture.
• Step 2
  Separate the whites from the egg yolks.
• Step 3
  In a large bowl, add the egg yolks and sugar*. Whisk with 20g of water (quantities for I cake), until you obtain a smooth mixture. *Check out our tips for this step
• Step 4
  Stir in the chocolate & melted butter into the egg mixture. Add the flour and yeast. Mix again.
• Step 5
  Beat the whites until stiff & gently add them little by little to the mixture
• Step 6
  Line the bottom of a cake mold (we used a 23 cm diameter dish here) with a sheet of baking paper, & butter the sides of the mold. Pour in the cake batter & bake for 35 minutes at 180°C
• Step 7
  Leave the cake to cool down before un-moulding it by turning it over & removing the baking paper. Sprinkle over with icing sugar & enjoy !