Moist Chocolate Cake for Springform

Ingredients

• 100 g chocolate (70% cocoa content)
• 100 g dark chocolate
• 200 g butter
• 4 eggs
• 200 g sugar
• 100 g flour
• whipped cream
• chocolate sauce

Instructions

1. 1.

   Preheat the oven to 210°C. Grease a 28 cm diameter springform pan.

2. 2.

   Melt the chocolate over a double boiler, remove from heat and stir in cold butter pieces until smooth.

3. 3.

   Separate the eggs. Beat egg whites stiffly; beat yolks with sugar until pale and fluffy. Gently fold into the cooled chocolate-butter mixture, then whisk in the beaten whites.

4. 4.

   Sift flour over the batter and fold gently to combine.

5. 5.

   Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake on the middle rack for 25-30 minutes. Check with a toothpick; if needed cover with foil and bake longer.

6. 6.

   Let the cake cool in the pan, then unmold and serve with whipped cream and chocolate sauce as desired.