Melt-in-your-mouth Gateau au Chocolate

• 100 grams Bitter chocolate
• 100 grams Heavy cream
• 4 large Egg white
• 70 grams Granulated sugar
• 1 pinch Salt
• 4 large Egg yolk
• 30 grams Granulated sugar
• 50 grams Cocoa powder
• 20 grams Grand Marnier, rum or brandy

1. Preparation: Mince the chocolate.
2. Warm the heavy cream to slightly warmer than body temperature.
3. Sift the cocoa.
4. Boil the water.
5. Cover the bottom and sides of a cake pan.
6. Wrap aluminum foil around the pan.
7. Preheat your oven to 140C.
8. Melt the chocolate over a bain marie.
9. Make the meringue.
10. Lightly beat the egg whites, then add the sugar and salt at once.
11. Beat until soft peaks form.
12. In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks.
13. Add sugar and mix until the batter forms a thick ribbon.
14. Switch to a rubber spatula.
15. Mix in the chocolate, heavy cream, cocoa liqueur in that order.
16. It will become paste-like.
17. Add a dollop of the meringue.
18. Cut and fold into the batter.
19. Add half of the meringue.
20. Mix carefully from the bottom in a scooping motion as to not break the foam.
21. Pour the batter into the remaining meringue.
22. Mix briskly.
23. The finished batter should be smooth and light.
24. Pour into a cake pan and rap the pan on a flat surface to pop air bubbles.
25. Put in a baking pan filled with hot water, and bake in the oven for 60 minutes.
26. After baking, remove from the oven and drop it from a height of 15 cm to remove the excess air.
27. Insert a knife between the pan and the paper and go around once.
28. To avoid compression from sudden temperature changes, throw out the hot water in the pan and let sit in the oven for 1 hour.
29. Remove from the oven and cool.
30. Once cooled remove from the pan and its done.
31. There may be some unevenness on the outside, but you can cut to even it.
32. Dust with cocoa powder with a tea strainer.
33. This is what it looks like post-make up.
34. I also use Nakanai Powdered Sugar for this.
35. Coat with glacageand make chocolate roses to decorate for an elegant cake.

bitter, heavy cream, egg white, sugar, salt, egg yolk, sugar, cocoa, grand marnier

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/144272-melt-in-your-mouth-gateau-au-chocolate (may not work)