Spicy Double-Chocolate Cake
- 2 7/16 cups dark chocolate
- 7/8 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 6 eggs
- 7 2/3 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 teaspoon chile pepper
- heavy cream
- Break 350 grams of chocolate into pieces and melt it using a double boiler or in the oven at 60 degrees Celsius.
- Preheat the oven to 150 C.
- Add the butter and sugar to a bowl and beat them with an electric mixer until soft and foamy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, alternating with the flour.
- Add the chili pepper and the warm melted chocolate.
- Pour the batter into a 20-centimeter, parchment paper-lined cake pan.
- Bake the cake in a double boiler for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
- Remove the cake pan from the double boiler and return it to the oven on the bottom rack for 15 minutes.
- Cool the cake for at least 6 hours or up to overnight.
- Break the remaining chocolate into pieces and add it to a saucepan. Bring the heavy cream to a boil and pour it over the chocolate.
- Cover, remove from the heat and allow the chocolate to melt for 5 minutes.
- Stir the mixture from the center of the bowl outwards, using a spatula to completely incorporate the heavy cream until smooth and uniform.
- Serve the cake with the warm icing.
dark chocolate, butter, sugar, eggs, flour, chile pepper, heavy cream
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Spicy-Double-chocolate-Cake-518444 (may not work)