Gateau au chocolat

AUTHOR
Brooke Calhoun
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 5
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 8
  • 250 g frozen strawberries
  • 200 g Dark chocolate
  • 125 g Butter
  • 3 Eggs (size M)
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 150 g Sugar
  • 50 g Flour
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Orange juice
  • 150 g Gelling sugar 1 : 1
  • 200 g Whipped cream
  • 15 g Coconut oil
  • 250 g Mascarpone
  • 1 package Vanillin sugar
  • 1 fresh strawberry to decorate
  • 7-10 Tbsp Grease

Directions

  1. 1

    Put 100 g of small strawberries in the refrigerator. Defrost 150 g strawberries at room temperature (approx. 2 hours)

  2. 2

    Roughly chop 150 g chocolate and melt over a warm water bath. Cut butter into pieces, add to chocolate and melt in it while stirring and let it cool down for about 5 minutes

  3. 3

    Separate eggs, beat egg whites and salt until stiff. Mix egg yolks and 125 g sugar briefly (do not stir until creamy). Pour the chocolate-butter mixture into the sugar-egg yolk and stir. Add the flour and also stir. fold in 2 portions of beaten egg white

  4. 4

    Put the dough into a greased springform pan (18 cm Ø) and smooth it down. Bake in the preheated oven, middle shelf (electric oven: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for approx. 25 minutes. Let it cool down on a cake rack

  5. 5

    Puree the defrosted strawberries and 2 tbsp. orange juice and place in a pot with the jam sugar. Bring to the boil while stirring and let it bubble for about 4 minutes. Stir in frozen strawberries and let them cool down. Stir in between

  6. 6

    Coarsely chop 50 g chocolate and place in a pot together with 50 g cream and coconut oil. Melt at low heat while stirring. Let cool down for 10-15 minutes

  7. 7

    Whip 150 g cream until semi-stiff. Cream mascarpone, 25 g sugar, vanillin sugar and 2 tbsp. orange juice. Fold in the cream. Remove the chocolate cake from the mould and lift onto a cake plate. Spread the mascarpone cream on the cake and spread loosely. Spread strawberries on it and pour the chocolate sauce over it. Decorate with a fresh strawberry as desired

  8. 8

    Waiting time approx. 1 hour

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
470 kcal
CARBS
40 g
FATS
31 g
PROTEINS
5 g

Categories & Tags

Cakes & PastriesCake

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