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🍰 Moist Chocolate Cake with Apricot Glaze

533 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 200 g Sugar
• 8 Eggs
• 80 g Cocoa powder
• 120 g Flour
• 100 g Butter
• 50 g Breadcrumbs
• 1 cup Apricot jam
• 300 g Dark chocolate coating
• Butter (for the pan)
• Chocolate shavings (scrape from a chocolate coating block with a sharp knife)

Instructions

1. 1. Separate the eggs. Beat the egg yolks with 100 grams of sugar until creamy.
2. 2. Beat the egg whites with the remaining sugar until very stiff.
3. 3. Sift the cocoa powder and flour over the egg yolk mixture.
4. 4. Melt the butter and add it to the mixture.
5. 5. Stir everything gently.
6. 6. Fold the egg whites into the mixture.
7. 7. Fold the breadcrumbs into the batter.
8. 8. Grease a springform pan and pour in the batter.
9. 9. Bake the cake at 200 degrees for 40 minutes.
10. 10. Turn the cake out onto a rack and let it cool.
11. 11. Let the cake rest for at least 6 hours.
12. 12. Spread the apricot jam all around the cake.
13. 13. Melt the chocolate coating in a double boiler.
14. 14. Pour the melted chocolate evenly over the cake.
15. 15. Sprinkle the cake with chocolate shavings.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 533
• Protein: 7 g · Fett/Fat: 27 g · Carbs: 62 g