You´re suddenly craving something sweet, but you don´t have a lot of time or you´re just not in the mood for doing anything complicated. Quick and easy recipes are the best then. Someone prefers cakes measured in cups, which are quick, for sure, but I think they are less accurate than cakes measured in a scale. Quick cake can be made also in a scale and this Quick Chocolate Raspberry Cake proves it. One of my most favorite combinations – chocolate and raspberry – are a perfect match. Chocolate in batter and chocolate ganache with frozen raspberries and raspberry jam are the basis of this cake. Thanks to jam, you will need only the minimum amount of sugar and the cake will get a subtle raspberry flavor. You can leave out frozen raspberries if you don´t have them. You can also leave out ganache, the cake will be done even quicker, but I personally like it better with ganache. Anyway, you can have this cake on your table right away, its baking lasts longer than its preparation, but you can still have done into 75 minutes max, even that is exaggerated.
- 200 g dark chocolate
- 100 g butter
- 100 g raspberry jam
- 3 eggs
- 50 g sugar
- 80 g all purpose flour
- Half of packet baking powder (6 g)
- 100 g raspberries
- All purpose flour
- Ganache:
- 75 g dark chocolate
- 75 ml heavy cream
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Melt chocolate with butter in water bath.
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Incorporate raspberry jam.
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In the second bowl, mix eggs with sugar until they become pale.
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Incorporate flour mixed with baking powder and then chocolate mixture. Stir well.
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Toss raspberries in a bit of all purpose flour, incorporate them in the batter using a spatula.
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Pour the batter in a baking pan covered with baking paper.
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Bake at 180 degrees for 35- 40 minutes or until the toothpick inserted will come out clean.
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Let it cool and pour ganache over the top of the cake.
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Ganache:
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Heat heavy cream and bring it to boil.
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When it starts to boil set it aside and add chopped chocolate.
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Stir well, until you get a consistent mass.
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Pour it over the cooled cake.
- Baking pan – 23 cm
- Recipe adapted from Cuisine Actuelle Hors-Série Janvier-Février 2019
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