Gâteau Chocolat

Ingrédients

• 300 g 70%-cocoa best quality chocolate
• 300 g butter, softened
• 200 g castor sugar
• 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 350 g ground almonds
• 60 g cornflour

Préparation

1. 1

   --- Topping ---

2. 2

   150 g 70%-cocoa best quality chocolate, melted

3. 3

   1 cup (250 ml) cream

4. 4

   Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Grease a 23 cm loose-bottomed springform baking tin.

5. 5

   Melt the chocolate in a double boiler.

6. 6

   Cream the butter and sugar together. Mix in the vanilla extract. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Gently fold in ground almonds and cornflour, and then melted chocolate, and mix until well combined. Pour mixture into prepared baking tin and bake for 50 minutes. Cool on a rack.

7. 7

   Remove from the tin and place on a cake plate. Mix the melted chocolate and cream together and spread over the cake. Decorate with chocolate-dipped roses.

8. 8

   --- Tips ---

9. 9

   To make chocolate-dipped roses, clean roses and dip them into melted and cooled chocolate. Chill on greased baking paper until set.