chocolate cake (the orignial italian recipe)

While living in Rome, I had a chance to try lots of traditional plates. It would be impossible to pick a favourite one. When it comes to desserts, it would still be impossible to pick one. I would hesitate between ice-cream (ooooooh!), bigné di San Giuseppe (mmmmmm), la crostata alla Nutella (!!!!!) ... and ... a cholocate cake! (O.M.G.)!

When I tried it for the first time I was like: "How is it even possible for something to taste THIS good?!" After more than five years, I've finally looked up the recipe and last Sunday me and my little brother prepared la torta tenerina :) Here it is (sorry for my english, my "cooking vocabulary" is quite poor, lol., and sorry for the photos: I wasn't going to share this until I tasted it :) )

LA TORTA TENERINA

// italian chocolate cake //

Ingrediences:

200g dark chocolate

60g flour

150g sugar

100g butter

3 eggs

3 spoons of milk

pinch of salt

Directions:

• Break the chocolate and melt above the steam - not on a direct fire. (Now I know there definitely is a special expression for that, sorry... I hope you know what I mean :) )

• When the chocolate is melted, add butter cut into cubes - slowly, cube by cube.

• Let cool down.

• Now mix the yolks with half of sugar using the kitchen robot. When these are mixed properly, add melted chocolate with butter - still using the kitchen robot.

After that, add milk and flour and stir.

• In another bowl, mount the whites with a pinch of salt and the remaining sugar. Slowly incorporate the whites into the chocolate mixture.

Use baking paper to cover the baking tin (?) (I simply covered it with a bit of butter) and bake for 25-30 minutes on 180°C.

It's delicious when served still warm! And if the center of your cake is still a bit liquid - perfect! That's exactly how it's supposed to be :)

Buon appettito!

// original recipe - last photo credit
(because it was gone by the time I wanted to snap a photo...)

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