- • 250g Butter
- • 500g Granulated Sugar
- • 5 Large Eggs
- • 400g Milk
- • 112g Callebaut Cocoa Powder (CP-776)
- • 3 tbs Baking Powder
- • 2 1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
- • Pinch of sea salt
- • 425g Plain Flour
Ingredients
Method
• Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Separate the egg yolks and egg whites.
• Stir the milk (at room temperature) with egg yolks.
• Fold the egg mixture into the butter and sugar mixture
• Then fold in the sieved dried ingredients.
• Whisk the egg whites to soft peak stage and then fold through the cake batter without over working.
• Spread onto a 60 x 40 cm baking tray lined with a silpat mat
• Bake at 180°c for 15 minutes.
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