Chocolate Delight

Mom refused to try a chocolate until I made this Delight... Ideal for showcasing the wonders of loving this mythical ingredient of pastry to those skeptical about its culinary properties.
Ingredients
10
Servings
  • 260 grams butter
  • 10 grams vegetable shortening
  • 260 grams icing sugar
  • 260 grams almonds, in powder
  • 6 eggs
  • 100 whipping cream
  • 80 grams cocoa
  • 60 grams flour
  • 120 grams butter
  • 430 icing sugar
  • 100 milliliters cow's milk
  • vanilla essence, to taste
  • 65 grams cocoa
Preparation
20 mins
25 mins
Medium
  • Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C. Meanwhile, we start creaming the butter with the sugar; in this case, we use the mixer paddle. We will know the butter is ready when it acquires a light yellow or whitish tone.
  • We add the eggs one by one until they are perfectly integrated.
  • The dry ingredients are added alternately with the whipping cream. We avoid overmixing since we risk the ingredients clumping together; we just integrate them. Beat for approximately 5 minutes.
  • We put a little vegetable shortening to prevent our cake from sticking; it is not necessary to flour. Bake at 160 degrees C for about 25 minutes. Do the toothpick test before removing it from the oven. Let it cool on a rack while we prepare the frosting.
  • To make the chocolate frosting, we start by creaming the butter with half of the powdered sugar.
  • We integrate the rest of the sugar with the cocoa, previously sifted.
  • We alternately add the milk, which should be warm, and the vanilla.
  • Once the frosting is ready, we cover the surface of our cake with the help of a spatula.

Nutritional Information

* * Information per 100g serving, percentage of daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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