Chocolate Cake with Chili

Ingredients

• butter (for the baking pan)
• 200 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa content)
• 200 g butter
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 4 eggs
• 200 g sugar
• 100 g flour
• 2 Organic Limes
• 5 tbsp powdered sugar
• 1 red chili pepper

Instructions

1. 1.

   Preheat the oven to 200°C with upper and lower heat. Butter a 24 cm diameter baking pan.

2. 2.

   Melt the chopped chocolate over a hot, non-boiling water bath, remove from heat and stir in cold butter pieces together with the chili powder. Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form; beat the yolks with sugar until light and creamy. Gently fold into the cooled chocolate-butter mixture. Fold in the meringue. Sift the flour over and gently fold it in.

3. 3.

   Transfer the batter to the baking pan and bake on the middle rack for 35-40 minutes (do a toothpick test). Let cool in the pan, remove and place on a cake plate.

4. 4.

   Wash the limes thoroughly, zest thinly, squeeze the juice and combine with 50 ml water and powdered sugar in a pot; bring to a boil. Reduce to a syrupy consistency. Clean the chili pepper, deseed and remove the inner membranes, slice into strips and add. Bring everything briefly to a boil again, set aside and let cool.

5. 5.

   For serving cut the cake into pieces, arrange on plates and drizzle with lime-chili syrup.