Decadent Chocolate Cake with Creamy Curd Balls

The cake looks simply gorgeous when cut! Help yourself! This cake is amazingly fun to make! Be sure to prepare a cake with curd balls and treat it to your closest people! Enjoy your tea!
cook time: 1h
Elijah Stroud
Decadent Chocolate Cake with Creamy Curd Balls

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

290
Calories
14g
Fat
33g
Carbs
10g
Protein

Ingredients (8 portions)

For the test::

Salt 1 g
Sugar 100 g
Wheat flour 2 tbsp
Vanillin 2 g
Cocoa 2 tbsp
Baking powder 1 tsp
Chicken eggs 4 pc
Potato starch 2 tbsp
Dark chocolate 50 g

For the curd balls::

Sugar 50 g
Cottage cheese 200 g
coconut flakes 40 g
Quail eggs 2 pc
Potato starch 2 tbsp

To lubricate the mold::

Butter 1 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
Prepare ingredients for curd balls.

Step 2

Step 2
I used store-bought cottage cheese, so I simply mashed the cottage cheese with a fork (if you have homemade cottage cheese, rub it through a sieve). Add sugar.

Step 3

Step 3
Beat in the eggs (you can replace the quail eggs with two chicken yolks).

Step 4

Step 4
Add coconut flakes

Step 5

Step 5
and starch.

Step 6

Step 6
Stir.

Step 7

Step 7
Roll the resulting curd mass into balls of the same size. Line a cake pan with parchment and grease it with butter. Place the curd balls evenly in the pan.

Step 8

Step 8
Do the test. Separate the egg yolks from the whites.

Step 9

Step 9
Set aside the whites. Add half the sugar to the yolks.

Step 10

Step 10
Beat with a mixer until foam forms and add vanillin. Melt the chocolate in a way convenient for you (steamed, in the microwave), cool slightly. Add to the yolks.

Step 11

Step 11
Stir.

Step 12

Step 12
Add the remaining sugar to the whites.

Step 13

Step 13
Beat with a mixer until foam forms.

Step 14

Step 14
Mix both masses and mix gently.

Step 15

Step 15
Add cocoa, sifted flour, salt and baking powder.

Step 16

Step 16
Stir. The dough is ready.

Step 17

Step 17
Pour the finished dough into the mold on top of the curd balls.

Step 18

Step 18
Place in a preheated oven and cook for 40 minutes at 180 degrees. Remove the finished cake from the oven and cool in the pan.

Step 19

Step 19
Then remove the cake from the pan.

Step 20

Step 20
Cut into portions.

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