Soft Chocolate Cake

Light as air soft dark chocolate cake

📝 Ingredients

• 150 g of dark chocolate
• 3/4 cup of butter
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1/3 cup plain flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• Pinch of salt

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat the oven to 180 degrees (350F)
2. 2Melt the butter and chocolate over a bain marie
3. 3Separate the eggs, adding a pinch of salt to the egg whites and whisking until stiff peaks form
4. 4Add the sugar to the egg yolks and also whisk until light and creamy
5. 5Once the chocolate has cooled, add to the egg yolks and sugar
6. 6Sieve the flour and baking powder together and fold into the wet ingredients
7. 7Finally, incorporate the egg whites in sections into the mixture, folding very gently and taking your time until there are no white lumps
8. 8Line a cake tin with parchment paper and pour in the cake mixture
9. 9Bake for around 20 mins until a knife comes out mostly clean
10. 10Let it cool on a wire rack before serving