Chocolate Gateau at Home

Combine Ingredients and sift.
Melt ingredients in a double broiler or a microwave.
Preheat oven at 170C.
Into the egg whites, add half of the granulated sugar in 3 batches to make a meringue.
Chill in the fridge when done.
Add the rest of the sugar into the egg yolks and mix well until white.
Fold in the melted ingredients and also the brandy.
Then add the ingredients and whisk until it's not floury.
Add one scoop of the meringue into the batter from step 3.
Mix well with a whisk.
Using a rubber spatula, fold in the rest of the meringue in two batches.
For the parchment paper in step 5, refer to the June 25th entry in my blog.
Pour into the cake pan lined with parchment paper.
Moisten with a squirt of water.
Pour hot water into a baking sheet and drop the temperature to 160C.
Steam-bake for 40 minutes.
When done, peel parchment paper from its sides and cover it with a pan.
Set aside to cool on a cake cooler.
Make an open heart cake using the same amount of ingredients Instead of steam-baking, you could also bake for 15 minutes at 170C and 10 minutes at 160C.
The result turned out nice, and took less effort.
After it's cooled down, sift some powdered sugar to finish.
For drinkers: brush on some brandy on the surface to improve its taste It tastes better if you let it rest in the fridge and serve it the following day.