Tender Chocolate Cake
Description
Chocolate cakes have always been popular with everyone, especially with those who have a sweet tooth. This is one of the classic desserts. Preparing it requires neither a lot of time nor much effort. The baked good is ready. Serve it at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
Place a small saucepan over a double boiler. Break the chocolate into pieces and put it into the saucepan. Melt the chocolate until smooth.
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Step 2
Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Take the butter out of the refrigerator and let it sit until softened. Then beat it with a mixer together with 120 grams of sugar until light and fluffy.
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Step 3
Reduce the mixer speed to the lowest setting and, without stopping the beating, gradually add the raw chicken yolks one at a time to the mixture.
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Step 4
Pour the chocolate, melted over a water bath, into the resulting mixture in a thin stream. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly until the mixture becomes smooth and uniform.
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Step 5
In a separate bowl, beat the chilled raw chicken egg whites until stiff peaks form, gradually adding the remaining sugar. Add half of the beaten egg whites to the chocolate mixture and gently fold them in with a spoon.
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Step 6
Sift the flour through a sieve several times and gradually add it to the resulting mixture. Then add the remaining beaten egg whites and stir the batter again with a spoon.
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Step 7
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees. Pour the batter into a springform baking pan. Bake the cake for forty minutes. Let the baked sponge cool and cut it in half lengthwise into two equal parts. Spread one of them with apricot jam.
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Step 8
In a saucepan, mix water, dark chocolate, and sugar. Heat the mixture over a water bath, stirring until completely smooth. Place the second cake layer on top and pour the glaze over the cake. Refrigerate until the glaze has completely set. Then decorate as desired.