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Chocolate brownie cake with whipped cream and chocolate shavings
Fudgy chocolate brownie cake topped with whipped cream and shavings

Chocolate Brownie Cake

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Vegetarian & Vegan Cakes and Desserts
The brownie is the queen of 'accidental cakes': legend has it a chef forgot the baking powder in a chocolate cake. The result was a dense, rich, almost raw-effect (fudgy) cake that the whole world adores today. This recipe elevates that intense chocolate experience to cake level, loosening the heavy base with whipped cream.
🕒 Prep Time 20 mins
🍳 Cook Time 30 mins
⌛ Total Time 3 hrs
🍽️ Servings 8 servings
🔥 Calories 520 kcal
🌍 Cuisine American

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Bain-marie bowls
  • Cake tin
  • Whisk

Allergen Information

⚠️ Cereals containing gluten
⚠️ Milk
⚠️ Eggs

Instructions

1 ✓

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease the tin. Melt the chocolate and butter over steam. Mix until smooth, let cool to lukewarm.

Tip: The steam bath (bain-marie) melts gently. If chocolate overheats, it becomes grainy and bitter.
2 ✓

Beat the eggs with the sugar until frothy (doesn't need to be too stiff, just pale).

Tip: Dissolving the sugar is important for forming the shiny, crisp crust.
3 ✓

Mix the lukewarm chocolate butter into the eggs. Add the vanilla.

Tip: Temperature is important: if the chocolate is hot, the eggs will scramble.
4 ✓

Sift in the flour, salt, and cocoa powder. Fold together using a spatula, just until combined.

Tip: Air (mixing) is the enemy of brownies. The less you mix with the flour, the fudgier it will be.
5 ✓

Bake for 25-30 minutes. The middle should still be sticky when tested with a skewer!

Tip: Don't wait until the skewer comes out clean, that indicates dryness.
6 ✓

Allow to cool completely in the tin (it sets while cooling).

Tip: The recrystallisation of cocoa butter provides the final structure.
7 ✓

Whip the cream with the icing sugar, spread on top. Sprinkle with shavings. Chill.

Tip: The richness of the cream cuts through the density of the chocolate.

Recipe FAQ

It turned out too dry.
You overbaked it. Brownies should be taken out when the middle still seems wobbly. It will set while cooling.
The cake didn't rise.
It's a brownie, not a sponge! It's not supposed to rise high; density is the point.

Ingredients

  • 200 g Dark chocolate (min. 60%)
  • 150 g Butter
  • 200 g Caster sugar
  • 4 whole Eggs
  • 100 g Plain flour
  • 20 g Cocoa powder (Dutch processed)
  • 5 ml Vanilla extract
  • 200 ml Whipping cream
  • 50 g Icing sugar
  • 50 g Chocolate shavings (decoration)
  • 1 pinch Salt