The Easiest Recipe For an Easter Chocolate Cake

A Delicious, Quick and Easy Recipe

Apr 1, 2009 Cecile Le Page

Perfect to celebrate Easter, this is one of the easiest recipes you can find for a delicious chocolate cake. People that do not cook often will find this recipe so easy.

Chocolate cakes are relatively healthy desserts if you use good quality chocolate with high percentage cacao. Now days, organic dark chocolate are available almost everywhere, and will allow to make this recipe even more healthy.

In addition, this recipe does not use wheat, so it can be tasted by anyone, even people having allergies.

Sugar is not considered as healthy but brown sugar or honey will be a better choice than white sugar. Be careful to allergies. Some people may be allergic to honey.

History of Chocolate:

The cacao seeds were discovered in South America, 2000 years ago, by the Maya and Aztec populations. Later, in the 1500s, the Spanish conquistadors brought the seeds in Europe. Since then it is the favorite desert of European and North Americans. For more details about chocolate history see this article.

Ingredients for 8 to 10 servings:

• 800 gr dark chocolate (70% or more)
• 180 gr butter
• 4 eggs
• ½ cup sugar

Optional: orange juice 1/4 cup or orange zest, vanilla seeds, ginger powder, pepper/species (not for children)

Time Required:

20 minutes preparation

20 minutes cooking

Preparation:

• Before starting the recipe, if it is possible, put the butter out of the fridge on a counter top to warm-up at room temperature.
• Spray a round baking cake pan with nonstick cooking spray or butter spread a thin layer of butter.
• Just before starting, preheat oven at 180ºC or 350ºF.
• Cut the chocolate in several big pieces.

Directions:

1. In a large pan, heat the butter over low heat, pour over the chocolate, stir together chocolate and butter until you get a homogenous paste.
2. Stir in four eggs and sugar. Mix well.
3. Optional: add a taste of orange, vanilla or ginger. Pour orange juice and mix well. Do not put too much juice (the cake will be too liquid). Add vanilla seeds or ginger powder and mix well.
4. Spread batter in the baking pan sprayed with butter or nonstick cooking spray.
5. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes at 180ºC or 350ºF, until center of the cake gives slightly when touched with finger or until a knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out dry.
6. Optional: decorate the cake by dusting powdered white sugar and/or chocolate chips
7. Let cool completely before cutting.

Calories:

535 calories per serving.

Proteins: 30g ( 60% daily value)

Carbohydrate: 60.5g (18% daily value)

Fat: 198 g (100% daily value)

Fiber: 14.5g (6% daily value)

Iron: 36% daily value

Do not feel guilty when you enjoy a chocolate cake, especially during Easter time ! Just Enjoy it !

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