🍰 Fluffy Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Glaze

Name: Fluffy Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Glaze
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 200 g room-temperature butter; 1 pinch salt; 125 g applesauce (no sugar); 100 g raw cane sugar; 5 eggs; 500 g wheat flour Type 1050; 3 tsp baking powder; 100 g grated dark chocolate; 3 tbsp cocoa powder; 250 ml milk (1.5% fat); 250 g dark chocolate coating; chocolate shavings

501 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

200 g room-temperature butter
1 pinch salt
125 g applesauce (no sugar)
100 g raw cane sugar
5 eggs
500 g wheat flour Type 1050
3 tsp baking powder
100 g grated dark chocolate
3 tbsp cocoa powder
250 ml milk (1.5% fat)
250 g dark chocolate coating
chocolate shavings

Instructions

1. Beat butter, a pinch of salt, applesauce, and sugar with a mixer until the mixture is fluffy and airy.
2. Separate the eggs: add the egg yolks and beat them into the butter-sugar mixture until creamy.
3. Mix flour, baking powder, cocoa, and the remaining chocolate in a separate bowl.
4. Gently fold this dry mixture into the egg mixture.
5. Pour in the milk slowly until the batter is smooth and creamy.
6. If the batter seems too thick, add a splash more milk.
7. Beat the egg whites until stiff and gently fold them into the batter to keep it airy.
8. Pour the batter into a springform pan (grease the pan only if it is not non-stick).
9. Bake the cake in a preheated oven at 180 °C (convection 160 °C; gas mark 2–3) for about 60 minutes.
10. Remove the cake and let it cool completely on a wire rack.
11. Melt the dark chocolate coating (couverture) over a bowl of hot water (bain-marie).
12. Pour the melted chocolate over the cooled cake until it is completely covered.
13. Garnish the cake with chocolate shavings.

Nutrition per serving

kcal: 501
Protein: 12 g · Fett/Fat: 27 g · Carbs: 53 g