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French Silk Chocolate Cake

French Silk Chocolate Cake

By Benjamin Buriram
0’ Prep time
75’ Cook time
75’ Total time
489 Calories
10 Serving

Summary

Need a lacto ovo vegetarian dessert? French Silk Chocolate Cake could be an amazing recipe to try. One serving contains 490 calories, 7g of protein, and 25g of fat. For 87 cents per serving, this recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. 1 person were impressed by this recipe. It is brought to you by Foodista. A mixture of milk, salt, caster sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 20%, which is not so super. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Chocolate French Silk Pie (Copycat Bakers Square's French Silk), Chocolate French Silk Pie, and Chocolate French Silk Pie.
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Step by Step

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Step 1

Make the filling, cream the butter and sugar until very fluffy and well combined. Carefully blend in the cocoa and vanilla. Beating at highest speed add one egg. Beat for about 2 minutes.Repeat with each egg, beating very well after each addition. Whip until very fluffy.Chill for 4 hours before using.Meanwhile, make the base, line the 8" cake tin with parchment paper.Preheat the oven to 350f. Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Beat/whisk the egg white at a high speed of a mixer until foamy, the gradually add sugar, few tbsp at a time, then continue to beat until a peak stage.
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Step 2

Add the yolk, one at a time, to the white and beat until the mixture have reached a ribbon stage.
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Step 3

Add the vanilla and mix to incorperate. Divide the flour mixture into few portions and add a portion at a time into the egg mixture using minimun speed.
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Step 4

Mix until just combined, then slowly and gently pour the warm mixture of milk and melted butter into the batter. Now using spatula to gently fold everything until incorperated.
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Step 5

Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 25-30 minutes until the top springs back when touched. Cool on a wire rack for 5-10 minutes before turning it out to cool completely.To assemble : Slice the cake into 2 layers.
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Step 6

Brush the top of bottom layer with the syrup, then spread about 1/3 of the filling over.
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Step 7

Place the top layer over and brush with the syrup before frosting the whole cake with the remaining filling. Decorate as required and leave the cake to set in the fridge for few hours before serving.

Ingredient

  • table salt
    table salt
    0.25 teaspoons
  • butter
    butter
    30 grams
  • egg
    egg
    3 larges 4
  • caramel sauce
    caramel sauce
    10
  • self rising flour
    self rising flour
    80 grams
  • sugar
    sugar
    200 grams 120 grams
  • baking powder
    baking powder
    0.5 teaspoons
  • milk
    milk
    50 milliliters
  • vanilla
    vanilla
    1 teaspoon 2 teaspoons
  • unsalted butter
    unsalted butter
    227 grams
  • cacao powder
    cacao powder
    28.67 grams 30 grams

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