Classic Gateau Chocolat

It is time to get idea for Valentine's day.
Classic chocolate cake grabs my heart.

Always stocked creamy pumpkin in my fridge.



**Classic Gateau Chocolat recipe**

20 cm(8 inch) round cake pan  (baked rectangular tart pan today)

120g sweet chocolate
100g butter
30g pastry flour
3 egg yolks
100g granulated sugar
100ml heavy cream
1-2 tbsp dark ram
50g cocoa powder
5 egg whites and 60g granulated sugar
powder sugar, pumpkin seeds for decoration

1. Put minced chocolate and butter in a saucepan on the medium low heat until they get melted.
2. Put egg yolks and granulated sugar in a clean bowl. Whisk them until the color changed a little white.
3. Add melted chocolate and heavy cream into the bowl. Also add dark ram into the bowl and blend them all.
4. Add cocoa powder and shifted pastry flour into the bowl. Blend them quietly. Set a side.
5. Beat egg whites and granulated sugar in an another clean bowl until get stiff peak.
6. Add egg whites into the chocolate batter bowl in twice. Blend them very quietly.
7. Pour the cake batter into your cake mold with buttered inside.
8. Bake the cake in the oven at preheated 160C for about 1 hour.
9. Cool down completely and decorate in your favorite way.