Chocolate cake

A birthday, a snack, or just an irresistible craving for chocolate ?? Here is the recipe for a chocolate cake fast and super easy !

This recipe is very convenient to test lots of variations (see suggestions).

Ingredients (for a round cake pan of 18 cm diameter) :

• 150 g dark chocolate
• 3 eggs
• 60 g butter
• 50 g sugar
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• Little more, if you want an inflated cake : 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Mixture :

• Melt chocolate and butter in microwave. Mix until smooth and shiny mixture.
• Mix the agg yolks with the sugar and vanilla sugar.
• Add the melted chocolate and cornstarch while mixing.
• Beat the egg whites.
• Incorporate gently three times chocolate mixture.
• Pour into the buttered cake pan.
• Bake for 20 minutes at 220° C (with a foil on top).

Suggestions :

Here I added pecans to the preparation (about 80 grams) and frosting chocolate.

Accompany this cake with vanilla ice cream and a little maple syrup.

For a little more sophisticated cake, do not put baking powder. This will makes a flat cake that serves as a base, and we can ass chocolate macaroons, vanilla or coffee, as weel as cabbage profiteroles.