On a light glass surface lies a chocolate cake decorated with cacao On a light glass surface lies a chocolate cake decorated with cacao. To the left of it is a strip of cocoa. The dessert is decorated with almonds and mint.

Dessert+baking

Individual cake "Chocolate slice"

Prep Time: 10 min / Cook Time: 18 min / Total Time: 28 min

These little cakes are sure to please. First of all, they are very light and tasty. Plus, it's quick and easy to prepare.

Author and photographs: Olga

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A small Chocolate slice is a kind of sandwich made with two soft mini chocolate cakes filled with creamy filling. They are designed to be a handheld dessert for one person. And believe me - you wouldn't share it with anyone!

Individual cake "Chocolate slice"

Yield: 10 pieces

Ingredients

Chocolate cakes

200 gr egg white
75 grams of sugar (sugar A)
105 gr yolk
30 g sugar (sugar B)
a pinch of salt
60 gr vegetable oil
70 gr flour
30 gr cocoa

Vanilla cream with mascarpone

200 gr cream
100 gr mascarpone
50 gr powdered sugar
vanilla

Chocolate glaze with nuts

50 gr roasted nuts (grind to fine grains)
100 gr dark chocolate
100 gr cream
20 gr butter 82%

Instructions

Chocolate cakes

Preheat the oven to 160 degrees. Beat egg whites with sugar A until stiff peaks and set aside. Beat the yolks with sugar B and salt, add vegetable oil, and mix until combined. Sift flour and cocoa into a buttery mixture. Mix gently with a whisk until combined (not long). Then, in 3 doses, introduce proteins into the flour part.

Line a 30*40 cm mold with baking paper and bake the cake at T 160 ° C without convection for about 18 minutes. Check the readiness of the cake on a "dry toothpick".

After baking, carefully transfer the cake to a cooling rack. Then cut it into 2 equal parts with a sharp knife.

Cut of a individual cake bar. On a light glass surface lies a chocolate cake decorated with cacao. The cake is cut. To the left of it is a strip of cocoa. The dessert is decorated with almonds and mint.

Vanilla cream with mascarpone

Beat everything together with a mixer - coat the cooled cakes. Send the resulting workpiece to the refrigerator for 3 hours. Then cut the workpiece into cakes 4 * 7 cm

Chocolate glaze with nuts

Heat the cream almost to a boil, and pour it into the chocolate. Leave for 1 minute, then stir until the chocolate has melted. Add butter, and beat with a blender. Add nuts Pour frosting over top.