Chocolate Cake recipe

This week I present  to you a recipe that might seem relatively common but with a guaranteed success : the chocolate cake ! Also at the end of this article you will find food and wine pairings tips: What can you drink with a chocolate cake ?

Time : 20 minutes

Ingredients: (for 6 people)

• 220 g of dark chocolate (70%)
• 50g icing sugar
• 70 g of powdered sugar
• 5 whole eggs
• 180 g of butter (20g + for mold)
• 80 g flour

Preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C (356°F)
2. Butter (s) die (s)
3. Break the chocolate into small pieces and melt with the butter in a bain-marie. Stir regularly with a spatula
4. In a bowl break the eggs
5. Add the icing sugar in the bowl and beat until frothy
6. Add the chocolate / butter, sugar and flour and mix until homogeneous
7. Pour into mold
8. Place in the oven (bottom rack) for 20 minutes (in case it is a classic mold. If using ramekins bake for 12 minutes)

Side Food & Wine matching tips : What to drink with a chocolate cake ?

• Cognac XO (spirits)
• Pineau des Charentes – Poitou -Charentes (White wine)
• Banyuls – Languedoc- Roussillon (Red wine)
• Sauternes – Bordeaux (White wine)
• Alsace Pinot Gris Late Harvest – Alsace (White wine)
• Alsace Riesling Late Harvest – Alsace (White wine)
• Porto (spirits)
• Rivesaltes – Languedoc- Roussillon (Red wine)
• Maury – Languedoc- Roussillon (Red wine)
• Barsac – Bordeaux (White wine)
• Monbazillac – South West of France (White wine)
• Jurançon – South West of France (White wine)
• Châteauneuf du Pape – Vallée du Rhône (Red wine)
• Vin de Paille, Pinot Gris, Russian River Valley – Sonoma California (White wine)
• Late Harvest Zinfandel – Paso Robles California (Red wine)

Jonathan Choukroun Chicheportiche