Recipe: Chocolate Mint Cake

Name: Chocolate Mint Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 5 oeufs; 20 cl de crème liquide 30%; 80 grs de farine; 40 grs de poudre d'amandes; 1/2 sachet de levure; 150 grs de sucre semoule; 150 grs de chocolat noir 65% minimum; Pour la ganache:170 grs de chocolat fourré à la menthe; 20 cl de crème liquide entière

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Prep 15 min

Cook 20 min

Total 35 min

Servings 6 serv.

Ingredients for 6 servings

5 eggs
20 cl of 30% liquid cream
80 grs of flour
40 grs of almond powder
1/2 packet of baking powder
150 grs of caster sugar
150 grs of dark chocolate 65% minimum

For the ganache:

170 grs of mint-filled chocolate
20 cl of whole liquid cream

Step-by-step directions

The Day Before:
Preheat the oven to 180°.(th6)
Melt the chocolate in the microwave twice for 1 minute or in a bain-marie.
Whiten the egg yolks with the sugar, add the liquid cream.
Sift the flour, almond powder with the baking powder, then incorporate it into the mixture of whitened egg yolks. Mix everything until homogeneous consistency.
Beat the egg whites until stiff and gently fold them in with a spatula
Pour into a rectangular tray (21 cm x36 cm) and bake for 20 minutes.
Heat the liquid cream. Cut the chocolate into small pieces and pour the hot liquid cream over it twice. Cover with cling film and let it rest overnight in the cold.
The Same Day:
Remove the cream and beat it with an electric mixer to give it an airy consistency.
Cut the cake in half lengthwise, fill a piping bag and spread generously. Let it set in the cold and cut according to your preferences.