Gateaux au chocolaaaaat 🍫
Aiming for the perfect chocolate cake, some recipes I've tried are listed here.
Aiming for the perfect chocolate cake, some recipes I've tried are listed here.
Gluten-, lactose- and nut-free
Recipe comparison
| Ingredient type | Recipe 1 | Recipe 2 | Recipe 3 | Recipe 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flour | 100g rice flour, 30g millet flour | 280g | 100g | 70g |
| Thickener | 20g mais starch + 1 tsp guar gum | - | - | - |
| Binder | 300g silk tofu | 100g apple compote | 300g silk tofu | 200g soy yoghurt |
| Sugar | 50g coco sugar | 80g raw sugar | 150g white sugar | 120g raw sugar |
| Fat | 50g grapeseed oil | 75mL coconut oil | 100g margarine | 150g margarine with a least 75% fat |
| Moisture / Texture | 80g soy milk | 500mL coconut milk | - | - |
| Leavener | - | 1/2tsp baking soda + 1tsp baking powder | - | - |
| Chocolate | 35g cacao powder | 300g dark chocolate | 300g dark chocolate | 250g dark chocolat |
| Salt | - | a pinch of salt | a pinch of salt | a pinch of salt |
| Additional taste | - | 1tsp vanilla powder + 30g coconut flakes | - | - |
| Score (10) | 6 | 3 | ? | ? |
| Baking time | 30 min | 45 min | 9-12 min (220°) | 15-20 min |
| Source | link | link | link | link |
Comments
Recipe 1: Very flat but OK consistance. Rather low in sugar and chocolat. Multiply quantities by 2 next time.
Recipe 2: Used mostly oat flour and some rice flour, the result was a very powderish. Could be more aerial as was made without leavener.
Basic preparation
- Pre-heat the oven at 180C
- Mix the solids in a bowl
- If the recipe contains chocolate tabs and oil, heat both in a bain-marie
- Mix the two
- If the recipe contains a leavener, add that now
- Pour and bake for the indicated duration
Gluten, Lactote and Nut conversion table
| Ingredient to replace | Lactose- and gluten-free version |
|---|---|
| 1 egg | 50g silky tofu / apple compote / flaxseed jelly / soy yoghurt |
| Whipped egg white | Whipped chickpea can's water |
| Milk | Vegetal milk (soy, ...) |
| Butter | Margarine or vegetable oil (olive, grapeseed, colza, ...) |
| Baking powder | 1 tsp baking soda and 1 tsp cider vinegar or lemon juice* |
| Almond powder | Grated coconut or ground sunflowder seeds |
* Add the baking soda and mix, then add the vinegar/lemon and mix. Then quickly pour the cake in a cake mold and bake
Gluten-, lactose- and nut-full
Fondant au chocolat de grand-mère
A tomber!! Merci Mathilde P.!
Ingredients
For 6 people:
- 200g dark chocolate
- 125g butter (salted or unsalted)
- 3 eggs
- 3 table spoons of flour or 1 of flour + 2 of maizena
- 125g sugar
Preparation
- Melt the chocolate in the butter, without burning it. Ideally in a bain marie.
- Mix flour and sugar, then the eggs, and finally everything together
- Bake 15-25 min in the oven at 200 deg. 15-25 min. Check by sticking a knife. Let it settle in the oven with the door open.
Mi-cuit au chocolat
Adapted (with bit less butter and sugar) from Suzy Palatin's recipe on France Inter.
Ingredients
- 250g baking chocolate (70%)
- 200g butter (salted or unsalted)
- 200g sugar (can be a mix of white and cane)
- 70g flour
- 4 eggs
Preparation
- Pre-heat the oven at 200°C (forced ventilation)
- Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie
- Add the butter cut into dices
- Mix with a whisk until the texture gets smooth, and reserve in big bowl
- Add the sugar and mix
- Add the flour, mix to avoid lumps
- Beat the eggs, add to the mixture and mix
- Pour into a baking pan
- Lower the oven's temperature to 150°C and bake for 30 min
- Cool down for 10 min, and remove from the pan