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Chocolate Cake with Zabaione

January 1, 2015 By Manu 3 Comments

Chocolate Cake with Zabaione

Hello and Happy New Year everyone!  This is my first post for 2015 and to celebrate the beginning of a new year, it just had to be a dessert… and a chocolate one at that.  This is a very easy and moist chocolate cake, made with very little flour.  It is not too sweet, and that is why it goes really well with Zabaione, which is more on the sweet side.  Zabaione is a typical Italian dessert made with eggs, sugar and Marsala wine.  We often have it around Christmas, it is like the Italian version of Egg Nog if you would.  So what better time than now to share such a special, festive and decadent recipe?  A great way to start off the new year!  Enjoy!

Chocolate Cake with Zabaione

Chocolate Cake with Zabaione
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Chocolate Cake with Zabaione

A moist and decadent Chocolate Cake served with warm Zabaione.

Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Author Recipe adapted from La Cucina Italiana – Cioccolato, ed.Quadratum S.p.A. 2001

Ingredients

Chocolate Cake

  • 215 gms – 7 ½ oz. dark chocolate
  • 100 gms – 7 tbsp butter
  • 100 gms – ½ cup sugar
  • 25 gms – 3 tbsp flour
  • 3 eggs divided

Zabaione

  • 5 egg yolks
  • 125 gms – ½ cup + ¾ tbsp granulated sugar
  • 75 ml – 1/3 cup Marsala wine
  • 125 ml – ½ cup whipping cream

Instructions

Chocolate Cake

  1. Melt the chocolate with the sugar and butter in a double boiler.
  2. When melted, whisk it with an electric mixer until light and fluffy and doubled in volume.
  3. Separate the eggs and add the 3 yolks to the chocolate mixture.  Sift in the flour and mix well.
  4. Whip the 3 egg whites and gently fold them into the chocolate batter.
  5. Pour the batter into a 20 cm – 8 inch square baking dish lined with baking paper.
  6. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 175°C – 350°F for 40 minutes.
  7. When ready, let the cake cool down, then cut it in diamond shapes and serve.

Zabaione

  1. Put the egg yolks, Marsala and sugar in a large bowl and whisk this mixture while cooking it in a double boiler until it doubles in volume (this will take about 10 to 15 minutes). You will end up with a pale and fluffy mixture.
  2. Serve warm with the Chocolate cake.

Chocolate Cake with Zabaione

Chocolate Cake with Zabaione

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Filed Under: Baking, Cakes, Christmas, Desserts, Italian, Sauces, Special Occasions, Tea Time Tagged With: baking, cake, chocolate, Christmas, dessert, Italian, New Year's Eve, Special Occasions, sweets, tea time, zabaione

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Comments

  1. Bea says

    January 2, 2015 at 9:47 am

    Yes indeed! This is just like a cloud of chocolate mousse on your tongue! Happy New Year! I always love your recipes and pictures. Read your first blog today. I checked the best now I will look at the rest later. Hugs

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  2. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says

    January 3, 2015 at 12:43 pm

    Yum and I love how you cut the cake so beautifully. This is a perfect way to start 2015 off with a bang. 🙂

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  3. Lynn Biasini says

    January 4, 2015 at 4:46 am

    YUM! I love zabaglione (the way I learned to spell it..?) but rarely make it even though it is really so easy!! Thanks for reminding me. This cake sounds wonderful, also!!

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