Christmas Chocolate Cake

Name: Christmas Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 250 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa content); 150 g butter; 5 eggs; 150 g unsweetened applesauce; 140 g raw cane sugar; 80 g whole wheat flour; 70 g type 405 wheat flour; 2 tsp Baking powder; 2 tbsp powdered sugar from raw cane sugar

Prep: 15min

| Servings: 12 | Cook: 35min

Try the delicious chocolate cakes for Christmas from Spoonsparrow or any of our other festive dessert recipes!

Ingredients

250 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa content)
150 g butter
5 eggs
150 g unsweetened applesauce
140 g raw cane sugar
80 g whole wheat flour
70 g type 405 wheat flour
2 tsp Baking powder
2 tbsp powdered sugar from raw cane sugar

Instructions

1.
Chop the chocolate and melt it over a hot, non-boiling water bath; remove from heat and fold in cold butter pieces.
2.
Separate the eggs. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Whisk yolks with applesauce and sugar until light and creamy. Gently fold into the cooled chocolate-butter mixture. Fold in the beaten whites. Sift the flours and baking powder over the batter and fold gently to combine.