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Gâteau au Chocolat – French Chocolate Cake Recipe

Gâteau au Chocolat

Gâteau au Chocolat Recipe

Gâteau au Chocolat is French and it means ‘Chocolate Cake’. It is a classic French cake made with ingredients that we usually have at home. This is my favourite chocolate cake, and everyone in my family loves it.

Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 40 min
Total Time: 50 min
Yield: 1 serving (6 inch / 15cm round cake tin removable bottom)

Ingredients

Gâteau au Chocolat Ingredients A(A)
85g chocolate chips (semi-sweet)
65g unsalted butter
25g cocoa powder
1 tsp cake flour
2 egg yolk (40g)
30g sugar
 
 
 
Gâteau au Chocolat Ingredients B(B)
2 egg white (60g)
30g sugar

[ Decoration ]
1 tsp icing sugar
 
 
 

Instructions

Gâteau au Chocolat Step 1Ingredients (A)
Melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler. Mix well with a whisk. Sift the cake flour and cocoa powder together. Add the flour mixture into the melted chocolate mixture. Fold until well combined. Break the egg yolk. Add the sugar in 3 times and beat until pale yellow. Add in melted chocolate mixture. Fold until well combined.

 
 
 
 
Gâteau au Chocolat Step 2Ingredients (B)
Beat the egg white until foamy. Add the sugar in 3 times and beat until stiff peaks form. Add 1/3 of the egg white to the yolk batter and fold with a spatula until 80% done. Add another 1/3 and fold. Add another 1/3 and fold until well combined.

 
 
 
 
 
Gâteau au Chocolat Step 3Pour the batter into the cake tin. Tap the cake tin on table a few times to remove air bubbles. Bake in preheated oven at 160°C for 40 minutes. Leave to cool on a wire rack. Remove the cake from the cake tin. Dust some icing sugar on top.

Tips: You can also add strawberries and whipping cream on top for a better design and taste, or you can also add ice cream on each serving.