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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook gateau au chocolat [classic chocolate cake] using 18 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Gateau au Chocolat [Classic Chocolate Cake]:

1. Get For a 15 cm cake pan
2. Prepare 60 grams Baking chocolate (sweet Couverture chocolate)
3. Make ready 40 grams Unsalted butter
4. Take 2 Eggs (Separate yolks and whites)
5. Take 40 grams Granulated sugar (A)
6. Make ready 40 grams Granulated sugar (B)
7. Prepare 2 tbsp Heavy cream
8. Prepare 30 grams Cocoa powder
9. Prepare 10 grams Cake flour
10. Take For a 18 cm cake pan
11. Get 80 grams Baking chocolate (sweet couverture chocolate)
12. Prepare 55 grams Unsalted butter
13. Get 3 Eggs (Separate the yolks and whites)
14. Prepare 55 grams Granulated sugar (A)
15. Get 55 grams Granulated sugar (B)
16. Make ready 3 tbsp Heavy whipping cream
17. Get 40 grams Cocoa powder
18. Make ready 15 grams Cake flour

If the cake starts to crack or become too brown, place a piece of foil lightly over the top. Transfer the cake to a wire cooling rack, and remove the sides of the springform tin. Cool completely, and then remove the base. Do not attempt to remove the cake before it has.

Instructions to make Gateau au Chocolat [Classic Chocolate Cake]:

1. Prep 1: Separate the eggs. Refrigerate the egg whites until use.
2. Prep 2: Line the bottom and the sides of a cake pan with parchment paper.
3. Prep 3: Sift together the cocoa power and the flour.
4. Prep 4: Finely chop or grate the chocolate into small pieces.
5. In a double-boiler, combine the chocolate and butter, melt and keep warm.
6. In a separate double-boiler, combine the egg yolks and granulated sugar (A). Heat until warm to the touch.
7. When the egg mixture has warmed up, remove from the double-boiler and beat until fluffy and the color becomes whitish. You can use the same warm water (double-boiler) from Step 5 by replacing the bowls.
8. Combine Step 5 into 7 and mix it really well.
9. Pour heavy whiping cream into the batter and mix more.
10. Add the sifted dry ingredients and mix it even more.
11. Mix the batter really well.
12. In a separate bowl, combine the chilled egg whites and 1/3 of the granulated sugar (B) and start beating.
13. Add remaining granulated sugar 1/3 at a time. Beat to a meringue or until stiff peaks form.
14. With a spatula, fold the meringue into Step 11 in three batches.
15. Fold until the batter becomes shiny.
16. Pour the batter into the pan and even out the top. Bake 20-30 minutes at 180℃.
17. 20 minutes later, insert a skewer into a center of the cake. If it comes out with just a small amount of cake stuck to it, it is done. Be careful, it is over-baked if it comes out dry!
18. Take the cake out of the pan, remove the parchment paper and let it cool. When the cake is completely cool, wrap it with plastic wrap and refrigerate. When it cools down, the center will deflate.
19. The cake is best after a next few days when the chocolate flavor have settled. It will keep for a week in the fridge if tightly wrapped with plastic wrap.
20. You can also freeze it for up to 2 weeks. Thaw the cake in room temperature before serving. The chilled cake will not taste as good.
21. Serve with whipping cream for an even better taste.

This basic recipe for gâteau au chocolat (chocolate cake) is adapted from the classic French cookbook Je sais cuisiner (French edition), by Ginette Mathiot (Albin Michel), also available in English as I Know How to Cook. It is a simple yet elegant cake with a fine, light texture. Any type of liqueur or flavouring can be added, e.g. kirsch, rum, orange extract or vanilla. This chocolate gateau recipe, also known as gateau au chocolat, makes for a versatile, rich dessert. Try topping it with different fruits or how about a blueberry wine coulis, salted caramel drizzle, or fresh raspberries for a delicious and remarkably easy treat.

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