Chocolate Cake with Walnuts and Prunes
A stunning dessert: soft, juicy, and very aromatic. I recommend using specifically prunes and walnuts, as they complement each other perfectly. This amount of ingredients makes 6-8 servings.
- Total cooking time
- not set
- Number of servings
- 6
- Recipe difficulty
- 3 / 5
Ingredients
for 6 servings
- eggs 2
- butter 100 g
- sugar 50 g
- chocolate 100 g
- baking powder 2 tsp
- flour 150-170 g
- sour cream 500 g
- sugar 150 g
- prunes 150 g
- walnuts 100 g
Instructions
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Melt the chocolate.
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Cream the butter and sugar until smooth.
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Add the eggs and mix.
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Add the melted chocolate and mix.
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Stir in the flour and baking powder.
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Line a baking pan with parchment paper (in my case 20x20 cm). Transfer the batter. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 30–35 minutes.
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Slice the prunes.
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Chop the walnuts.
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Combine the sugar with sour cream.
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Slice the finished sponge cake horizontally into two parts.
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Spread the cream on each part.
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Distribute the prunes over the bottom layer.
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Cover with the second layer.
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Coat the top with cream.
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Decorate with walnuts. Let the cake soak (for 5–6 hours).