Simple Chocolate Cake

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  • 200 gram Mascarpone
  • 300 gram Baking Chocolate
  • 160 gram Plain Biscuits
  • 1 piece Egg Yolk
  • 120 gram Whipping Cream 33%
  • 110 gram Unsalted Butter
  • 200 gram Ricotta

Step-by-step method

At a glance

This chocolate cake is a decadent multi-layer dessert featuring a crispy biscuit base, a creamy ricotta-mascarpone chocolate filling, and a silky chocolate ganache top. The trickiest part is using the bain-marie technique twice to melt chocolate properly and making sure ingredients are at room temperature before combining. You'll need about 25 minutes of prep and 90 minutes total (including cooling and chilling time), so plan ahead for this impressive treat.

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    Making the base

    Grind the Bebe biscuits (or crush them finely) and mix with the melted butter. Press the mixture into a baking tin lined with parchment paper and bake for about 10 minutes at 160 degrees.

    Ingredients

    • 160 gram Plain Biscuits
    • 80 gram Unsalted Butter
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    Whipping the filling

    Make sure all the ingredients are at room temperature. Put the ricotta, mascarpone and egg yolk into a tall bowl and whisk briefly until everything combines nicely.

    Ingredients

    • 200 gram Ricotta
    • 200 gram Mascarpone
    • 1 piece Egg Yolk
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    First layer

    Melt the chocolate (I used 56%) together with the butter in a bain-marie, then take it off the heat and stir. Once the chocolate has cooled, pour it into the bowl with the other ingredients and whisk again until everything is well combined.

    Ingredients

    • 150 gram Baking Chocolate
    • 30 gram Unsalted Butter

Simple Chocolate Cake

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Active time total 2 h 30 min
Prep 5 min Cook 2 h 25 min

7 Ingredients

6 Steps

Medium Difficulty
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What's in it?

1030 kcal

Calories

38 g

Carbohydrates

95 g

Fats

32 g

Proteins

The nutritional information is an estimate and may vary based on the specific ingredients used.

About this recipe

Chocolate. Lots of chocolate. If you love it, you won't want any other cake after this. So start writing your shopping list:

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