Friday, April 8, 2011

Chocolate Overdose Cake for my Irish Foodies Cookalong

If you have recently decided to live healthy and avoid chocolate, sweets and work on your cholesterol level you should probably stop reading now....


This month's  Irish Foodies Cookalong theme was "chocolate", there could not be a better theme for my very first cookalong. I decided to go the traditional route and to make a Chocolate Cake. A decadent (1lb of chocolate...), moist, melt-in-your-mouth-succulent cake, which wont take hours of slaving in the kitchen... I think this 3 ingredients (no flour :)) Chocolate Overdose Cake will please even the biggest Chocaholic, and it's so simple to make.

 Ingredients
  • 450g Chocolate (broken into pieces - I used half dark/half milk- It's down to your own preference
  • 225g Butter (cut into pieces)
  • 8 large eggs (cold)


Method
Grease an 8inch round cake tin and preheat your oven to 160degrees.

Whisk the eggs until they're very, very fluffy, about 5mins. Melt the butter and chocolate together .
Slowly fold in the melted butter-chocolate mix into the whisked eggs, trying to keep as much air in as possible
(If you feel that your batter is too runny at this stage you can add a bit of cocoa or flour, but I didn't need to).
Scrape the mixture into the  prepared form, fill a roasting tin with water and place your cake tin in the water bad. Bake for approx 25-27mins, the cake should have a crust like a brownie, but still look quite wobbly in the middle. Leave it in the tin to cool, once cool cover it and refrigerate for at least 4 hours. 
Take the cake out of the fridge 30mins before serving. Sprinkle with icing sugar. 


This cake is so decadent, I dare you to ask for another piece... Enjoy!


17 comments:

  1. Oooo that looks so yummy! I shall add this to my to-try list =D

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  2. Mmmm im drooling, I saw this on Foodgawker! Woo!

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  3. This looks truly perfect, lovely and beyond delicious.

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  4. Thanks Girls :) It got a 10 out of 10 from whoever tasted it so far. The perfect dinner party cake. I served it with homemade cardamon infused milk ice cream :)

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  5. Only 3 ingredients?? I`m so going to make this! Thanks for the recipe!

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  6. I'm just wondering if 160 degrees is a typo, or the actual temp. That seems so low for baking!

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  7. 160 degrees is perfectly fine Ellen. Trust me, it will work out fine :) remember to refrigerate it before taking it out of the tin.

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  8. Is the 160 degrees in C or F? I'd like to try this too, for Easter, but am worried 160 degrees is too low for baking, as Ellen said.

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  9. It's 160 degrees C- if you are really worried, make it 175. 160 works perfectly though. Your cake will be a bit "wobbly" when you take it out hence the refrigerating- but 160 degrees is more than enough to "bake" the eggs in it. :) enjoy!

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  10. Thank you! I thought it must be 160 C. I live in Canada and most of my baking & recipes are in Fahrenheit, so 160 sounded low. I'll let you know how it turns out! :)

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  11. The torte turned out wonderfully and was a big hit! I'm glad I found the recipe, I will definitely make it again! Thank you!

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  12. That's great! Thanks for the feedback Mya!

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  13. So is the baking degrees 160 C? Which is 320 F?

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  14. yes summerconference, 160c or 320F
    :)

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  15. Looks yummy! Wish It was already in cups though. Thanks. Im going to pin it and save it anyway!

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  16. I wish there was an American version using cups and tablespoons. It looks great!

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  17. 450 Grams (g) = 15.87328 Ounces (oz) so just use a 1lb bar of chocolate, 1 cup of butter and 8 eggs. I haven't tried it but it sounds a lot like a very rich, soft, chocolate quiche

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