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Chocolate Sponge Cake

Chocolate Sponge Cake
  • For : 6 servings
  • Time : 55 minutes
  • Difficulty : easy

Ingredients for Chocolate Sponge Cake :

  • 4 eggs
  • 120 g sugar
  • 120 g flour
  • 15 g cocoa

Technical stages for Chocolate Sponge Cake :

  • Butter and flour a baking pan. Keep refrigerated.
  • Melt the butter.
  • Sift the flour and cocoa.
  • Whisk the eggs and sugar over a bain-marie until the temperature reaches 40°C or 104°F approximately, and beat until you reach the au ruban stage. The mix must be pale and have tripled in volume. Take out of the bain-Marie and whisk until fully cooled. Combine with the sifted flour and cocoa.
  • Pour the batter in the pan and bake for 30 to 40 minutes at 180°C or 356°F. When finished, unmold on a rack and let cool.
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The essentials

To make this recipe, some of these items will be required:

Hemispherical rolled edge mixing bowl Ø 20 cmHemispherical rolled edge mixing bowl Ø 20 cm 16.50 Euro
Rectangular baking pan 40 x 30 cmRectangular baking pan 40 x 30 cm 21.90 Euro
Automatic flour sieveAutomatic flour sieve 13.00 Euro
Oven thermometerOven thermometer 14.10 Euro
Silicone spatula (35 cm)Silicone spatula (35 cm) 5.30 Euro
Baking sheet non stick 40 x 30 cm (ht: 3,5 cm)Baking sheet non stick 40 x 30 cm (ht: 3,5 cm) 32.20 Euro