An easy chocolate fondant cake inspired by the Gâteau Baulois but made with dates and cream instead of sugar and caramel! It has 1 tablespoon of flour only and just 1 tablespoon of sugar.
It’s super easy, lusciously delicious and felt light as well.
Have you ever had a Gâteau Baulois?
Chocolate Date Fondant Cake
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BY YASMINE IDRISS
An easy chocolate fondant cake inspired by the Gâteau Baulois but made with dates and cream instead of sugar and caramel! It has 1 tablespoon of flour only and just 1 tablespoon of sugar.
It’s super easy, lusciously delicious and felt light as well.
Have you ever had a Gâteau Baulois?
Ingredients
- 20cm springform pan -lined with foil
- 5 large eggs, room temp
- 150g date paste, room temp
- 200g dark chocolate
- 200g salted butter
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 3 tbsp whipping cream
- 1 tbsp sugar
Method
- 1)
Preheat oven to 200°C
- 2)
Melt the butter, chocolate, cream and date paste over a bain Marie.
- 3)
Blend using a handheld blender until smooth.
- 4)
In a large bowl, whisk the eggs with 1 tbsp sugar until tripled in volume, pale and frothy.
- 5)
Gently fold the cooled chocolate mixture into the eggs using a rubber spatula.
- 6)
Sift the flour into the batter and gently fold until just mixed.
- 7)
Transfer to the lined pan and leave for an hour at room temp.
- 8)
Bake at 200°C for 5 min then reduce temperature to 130°C and bake for another 30-35mim.
- 9)
It should look shiny on the top but still jiggly and not fully cooked.
- 10)
Cool at room temperature then cover and chill in the fridge for a few hours, ideally overnight.
- 11)
Enjoy at room temperature!
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Inspired by the recipe of @ainsleydurose