Chocolate sponge cake made with dark chocolate
Description
Delicious baked goods for the whole family. My sponge cake was baked in a 20 cm diameter pan, the height of the finished product is 6 cm. The baking is ready. Serve at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
All ingredients for the sponge cake should be at room temperature. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Then prepare a baking pan (diameter no more than 22 cm).
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Step 2
Melt the chocolate using any method convenient for you and let it cool to room temperature.
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Step 3
Whisk the egg whites with sugar into a firm foam.
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Step 4
Stir the melted chocolate until smooth and homogeneous.
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Step 5
Cream the butter with vanilla sugar.
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Step 6
Add chocolate to the butter mixture and stir.
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Step 7
Add the eggs to the chocolate‑butter mixture and stir.
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Step 8
Add part of the sifted flour with leavening agent to this mixture and stir.
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Step 9
Next, add the protein mixture and gently stir with a silicone spatula.
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Step 10
Sift the remaining portion of flour. Mix the dough with careful movements using a silicone spatula until it is uniform. The dough should be well mixed but remain fluffy.
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Step 11
Pour the batter into the pan and bake it in a preheated oven at 180 °C until a toothpick comes out clean.
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Step 12
Remove the baked sponge cake from the oven and let it stand in the pan for about 10 minutes.
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Step 13
Next, remove the sponge cake from the pan, free it from the foil and cool it on a rack. After cooling, the sponge cake can be wrapped in cling film and placed in the refrigerator overnight.
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Step 14
Slice the cooled sponge cake into the required number of layers and use as intended.