Mon Chéri Chocolate Cake

photo by Laka

- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 200 g butter
- 100 g dark chocolate, with 80% cocoa parts
- 120 g light muscovado sugar
- 5 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 200 g cake flour
- 1.75 (11 g) packets dry yeast
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 12 pralines filled with sour cherries in alcohol (Mon Chéri, Griotte, Basini or similar)
directions
- Melt chocolate and butter over very low heat, stirring until completely melted and combined.
- Remove from heat and stir in sugar.
- Add eggs and vanilla extract to the chocolate mixture, stirring constantly.
- Mix the flour with salt and yeast, add to the chocolate batter and mix to combine.
- Pour the batter into the greased and floured small rectangular baking pan (23x17 cm).
- Unwrap chocolate pralines and insert them evenly into the batter (each slice of cake should have a chocolate praline in the middle). Bake for 30-35 minutes in the oven preheated to 180°C. Check with a toothpick if done.
- Allow the cake to cool in the pan, then cut into squares and serve.
Questions & Replies

Got a question?
Share it with the community!
Reviews
Have any thoughts about this recipe?
Share it with the community!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Laka
Croatia
Food lover, wine and espresso drinker, chocolate addict. I love my family, my dog (when I have it) and my food processor. I cook every single day since I married and probably will until the day I die. I love to share my recipes that are straightforward to prepare, yet are exceptionally tasty and look so good. I hope you feel inspired by my recipes and that they find life in your kitchen!