This chocolate dessert with Cognac is really moist and super tasteful! The taste of Cognac adds a lot of flavor to the dessert and it’s a wonderful treat for every situation because it’s easy to make! Give it a try, but stay reasonable while eating it because there are a lot of calories out there ;-)
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To Start...
difficulty – easy
preparation– 45’
cooking - 1h
serves - 8 big parts (a pan of 20cm of Ø)
To Sum-up...
Ingredients
- 190gr of very dark chocolate (71%)
- 190gr of butter at room temperature
- 190gr of caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
- 75gr of almond powder
- 150gr of all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 25gr of breadcrumbs
- 75ml of Cognac
Steps
before starting
- The day before (or many hours before starting) take the butter out of the refrigerator so that is softens
for the cake
- Preheat the oven at 180°C
- Coat with butter a pan and sprinkle the breadcrumbs all over its surface
- Remove the excess of breadcrumbs
- Melt the chocolate in a double-boiler, and let it cool down a little bit
- In a bowl, add:
- the flour
- the baking powder
- Stir everything together with a whisk
- Pass the mix through a sieve
- In another bowl, add the butter and start beating with an electric hand mixer
- Add the sugar, little by little, and continue to beat for at least 10’
- Add the eggs, one-by-one, and continue to beat until they are well absorbed
- Add the vanilla extract, and continue to beat
- Add the melted chocolate, and continue to beat
- Add the almond powder, and continue to beat
- Add the flour, in batches, and continue to beat
- Pour the mix into the pan, and smooth its surface
- Bake for 1h, at the end, a knife must be taken out clean when inserted in the middle of the cake (if the surface of the cake starts to burn, cover it with some aluminum foil)
- Once the cake out of the oven, pour the Cognac all over its surface
- Let it cool down, and then taste it!
- It’s delicious :-)
Inspiration
The recipe of Gâteau de Malou in the French book Felder Christophe, Le chocolat de Christophe Felder, Editions Minerva, Geneva, 2002, p. 22
o-o C'est si bon ! o-o
- Categories: Vegetarian Food, Special Food, Desserts, For Beginners, Recipes, Sweets
- Ingredients: butter, breadcrumbs, chocolate, cognac, vanilla extract, flour, baking powder, eggs, almond powder, caster sugar
