Monday, February 25, 2013

Chocolate cake with chocolate topping (Gateau au chocolat avec glaçage au chocolat)

My daughter loves to dance. 
And I just love to look at her.

And if one day, my son reads this post and the previous one, he will take me to court and will shout that I prefer her sister than him !

And I will spent hour and hour to reassure him, explaining the Why and the How, and I will be obligated to pay him group therapy where he will explain how much I was unfair with him and why everything comes from the mother and blabla … Sigh …

But I just love to watch my daughter dances.

It doesn’t mean I don’t love when my son sings… But not every hour, every minutes of each single day !
Even Gandhi would become a murderer with those conditions !

The gnomette succeeds to do incredible things to me. She dances street dance. Which means, she’s making strange and acrobatic positions so easily ! When she begins, I can’t help myself thinking :”ouh la, be careful, not too high, ouch, slowly !”.

She succeeds to make the Indian head wave … I call it this way, you know, when your neck goes left and right and your body doesn’t move.

She asks me if I can do "the snake" ...
WHAT'S THAT ?? If you mean to get down on the floor, lying down and sleep all day long, I'm sure I can do it !
Just, please... Hide the rabbit ... We never know. The instinct, all that ... Take care.
She wants me to touch my toes, to see if I'm supple ! 
I tell her :"OK", and I sit down and take my foot in my hand ! And very proudly, I reply : "I did it !".

In December, parents were invited to a mini dance show, in her school dance. 
She’s the youngest of her dance class. Her teacher thought she had the level to dance with teenagers. She’s very proud of it.

We went to her show with my husband. She was very anxious but glad. They were dancing on “scream and shout”, from B. Spears and Will I Am.

When the music began, my husband and I saw a real transformation. She was dancing as a young girl, not like a baby. Not like OUR baby !

We were between admiration and tears.
At the end, my husband told me : 
“That’s it … She just killed me ! I feel so old, tonight.” And I replied : “… Just wait when she’ll come at home with a boyfriend.” 

I always know how to comfort him...
And for me, nothing better than chocolate !

Here's what you'll need for this demoniac cake !
  • 200 grammes of dark chocolate
  • 5 eggs
  • 125 grammes of unsalted butter
  • 200 grammes of white sugar
  • 100 grammes of flour
  • 10 grammes of baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons of neutral oil
  • 3 tablespoon of light cream.
And here's what you'll need for the terrific topping chocolate ! 
  • 200 grammes of dark chocolate
  • 100 gramme sof unsalted butter.
This is definitively NOT ... a light cake. And your oven must be preheated at 180°C (350°F / Th 6).


Step 1 : 
In the microwave, melt you chocolate with oil and butter. You remember, 30 seconds after 30 seconds, stirring, just to prevent the burning taste of the chocolate. When it's melted, pour the cream and stir again. 


Step 2 : 
Whisk eggs and sugar, until they become clearer.


Step 3 : 
Pour the flour with the baking powder mixed in it and the vanilla extract. Stir slowly. 



Finally, the melted chocolate. 



In the oven for 25 minutes, then turn down the heat at 150°C (300°F /Th5) for 5 minutes. 



Step 4 : 
Turn out the cake and let it cool. 


Step 5 :
In the meantime, let melt again chocolate and butter. Stir together and pour the mixture on the cake. 




Step 6 : 
Then, spread that all around the cake and let it cool for one hour. 


Bon appétit ! 



Recapitulative for this demoniac cake !
  • 200 grammes of dark chocolate
  • 5 eggs
  • 125 grammes of unsalted butter
  • 200 grammes of white sugar
  • 100 grammes of flour
  • 10 grammes of baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons of neutral oil
  • 3 tablespoon of light cream.
Recapitulative for the terrific topping chocolate ! 
  • 200 grammes of dark chocolate
  • 100 gramme sof unsalted butter.
Your oven must be preheated at 180°C (350°F / Th 6).

In the microwave, melt you chocolate with oil and butter. When it's done, pour the cream and stir again. 

Whisk eggs and sugar, until they become clearer.

Pour the flour with the baking powder mixed in it and the vanilla extract. Stir slowly. 

Finally, add the melted chocolate. 

In the oven for 25 minutes, then turn down the heat at 150°C (300°F /Th5) for 5 minutes. 

Turn out the cake and let it cool. 

In the meantime, let melt again chocolate and butter. Stir together and pour the mixture on the cake. 

Then, spread that all around the cake and let it cool for one hour. 

11 comments:

  1. Haha, ben figure toi que j'allais poster une recette de gâteau au chocolat (sans farine) avec ganache dessus ce soir! Le tiens a l'air bien mielleur que le mien n'était :) J'ai faim maintenant, c'est malin, et je n'ai rien à manger chez moi, bouhhhhh...

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    1. PREUMS !! :D
      Un gateau sans farine, j'avoue ne jamais avoir testé. Pas assez courageuse. Idem, on me dit de remplacer, parfois, la farine par de la Maïzena ou de la poudre d'amande. Je n'ose pas.
      MAis comment ça se fait que tu n'as rien à manger, chez toi ??? EN plus, j'ai vu que tu avais du poulet et des beaux légumes !! :D
      Il va falloir que je refasse tes petits gâteaux à la confiture de framboise et que je les poste. Les photos que j'avais prises n'étaient pas top. Et comme tout le monde avait vraiment aimé ces petites bouchées, je pense que je ne vais pas tarder à les refaire. :)

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  2. Dear Axelles-It's so good of you to have that little translate button to the right. I tested my comprehension and was not too far off. So french people take solace in chocolate cake, also. I thought only americans did that. I see that our cultures are not so different. You really should try a gateaux au chocolat sans farine. Ce n'est pas dommage. Trop different mais pas terrible. J'adore adore adore beaucoup gateaux au chocolat. I will make ta gaeaux demain.

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    1. J'ai oublier expliquer,"Regards-Jamie" la-haut.

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    2. Chocolate is full of magnesium ! Which is a natural antidepressant !!! That's what I say to my brain when he's fighting against my stomach ! :D
      J'apprécie beaucoup que tu me parles en français, Jamie :) J'ai un ami italien qui m'écrit en français et je lui réponds en italien. Ainsi, nous continuons tous les deux à nous entrainer.
      And a friend of mine who lived in USA told me there're a lot of french words which are similar to english/american ones. When he did not know a word, he used to tell it in french with the english accent. And often, americans understood him.
      Dis moi si tu as aimé ce gâteau ;)

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  3. Ah, chocolate, dark chocolate is so very delicious and your cake looks like I could just take a bite and be in love with it! Thank you for this recipe and for the story about your children. I laugh with you and think you make an excellent mother.
    love and prayers, jep

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    1. Dear Jep, thank you for trying to comfort me, when I'm a Monster Mum :D
      I think this is the hardest job in the world !! And so ungrateful, sometimes :)
      And I wuld like to share a bite of this cake with you !

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  4. I'm sure you love both your son and daughter :)
    The cake looks delicious!!

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    1. Thank you very much, Joyti and Welcome here :) !!
      And yes, you're SO right for the two items : I love them both and this cake is delicious ! But ... You remember this song of Shakira ? Hips don't lie ?... For me, it becomes "my hips do cry ..." !!! :D

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  5. Hi Axelle,
    Haha! You always make me smile reading your post! I could do the snake dance too! LOL!
    Your chocolate cake looks so chocolaty good! After a big slice of your delicious cake, I would glady do the snake dance.... zzzzzzz! Hahaha!

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    1. Hello Joyce !! And you know that telling me that I make you smile, makes my day ! I just love to make people laugh or smile. Really.
      And after a big slice of this cake, the only snake movement we could do, is the SLEEPING PART !! ... Not for 2 weeks, but ... :D

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