La Reine de Saba - a delicious French cake
Ingredients
- 125 gr. of black chocolate roughly chopped (1 cup or 4.5 oz)
- 2 tablespoons of water
- 60 gr. of butter + 10 gr. for the mould 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp or 2 oz + 1 tbsp
- 125 gr. of sugar 2/3 cup or 4.4 oz
- 50 gr. of almond powder 1/2 cup or 1.8 oz
- 2 teaspoons short of maizena
- 3 eggs
Instructions
- Preheat your oven at 180°C (356°F).
- Melt the chocolate with the butter in a bain-marie.
- Separate egg yolk and white.
- Butter your mould.
- Mix the sugar with almond powder, maizena and egg yolk. Add the melted chocolate.
- Whisk the egg white up to firm and incorporate to the mix slowly.
- Pour in your plate and place in your oven. Bake for 35 minutes environ.