Fallen Chocolate Cake

Serves:
6
Rating:
Cracking the top of a fallen chocolate cake is a sweet thrill!

Ingredients

255g dark chocolate
225g unsalted butter, softened
6 eggs, separated
1 1/2 cups sugar

Method

1. Chop chocolate into a heatproof bowl, add butter and melt over a saucepan of simmering water, then remove from heat.

2. Preheat oven to 180°C.

3. In another bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar together until pale, then add to chocolate mixture and combine. Whisk eggwhites until stiff peaks form, then fold gently into chocolate mixture. Pour into a 30cm pie dish and bake for 15-20 minutes; the cake will rise and then fall.

4. Serve warm.

Author:
Stylist:
Paul Lowe
Photographer:
Colin Cooke

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