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Sweet seduction in Italian. A soft heart of chocolate, crunchy hazelnuts and a touch of orange. This simple chocolate cake seduces with its intense aromas. It tastes great with coffee or, even better, with a good glass of Italian wine.

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Dolce e vini: wine to accompany a dessert

What wine goes with what dessert is a question of personal taste - and of a few simple basic rules. One is: never offer dry ones with a dessert. Even if these are mild, their sharpness does not harmonise with sweet desserts. Those to accompany desserts should be fruity, with a resonance on your palate. Fruity to semi-dry sparkling wines go well with cakes made of yeast dough such as Panettone and creamy desserts. Their perlage also makes lavish desserts taste lighter. Spätlese (late harvest) or dessert wines, which have little or no effervescence, taste great with classic short pastry cakes such as crostata di frutta or with biscuits. Just think of the congenial pair Vin Santo and Cantuccini from Tuscany. 

Sweet seduction in Italian. cake and wine

Grande amore: chocolate and wine

The more aromatic the cake or dessert, the richer the wine should be. The famous Piedmontese chocolatiers, for example, recommend combining intense types of chocolate with wines of strong character. In other words, with those that emphasise the taste of the chocolate while maintaining their own identity. Try it for yourself: let a piece of chocolate or some chocolate cake slowly melt in your mouth, then take a sip of distinctive sweet wine, such as a Passito di Pantelleria. You will notice that this can enhance the aroma of the dark chocolate and its intensity. Aromatised ones such as Barolo Chinato also harmonise perfectly with chocolate. Liqueurs such as Limoncello or Grand Marnier also go well with dark chocolate cake with a hint of orange.

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Sweet seduction in Italian. cake and wine

Fast chocolate and nut cake

Sweet seduction in Italian.
[en]5 from 2 votes[/en][de]5 von 2 Bewertungen[/de][it]5 da 2 voti[/it]
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Course Dessert, sweet, sweets
Cuisine Italian
Servings 40 serves
Calories 190 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 400 g dark chocolate , 70 % cocoa
  • 200 g butter
  • 300 g plain flour
  • 1 packet baking powder
  • 120 g hazelnuts
  • 6 eggs, medium-sized
  • 400 g sugar
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • grated skin orange, organic, optional

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat oven (upper and lower heat) to 180° C. Butter a rectangular baking tin and dust with a little flour or line it with baking paper.
  • Melt the chocolate with butter over a bain-marie and let it cool down.
  • Mix the flour and baking powder well, before sifting it so that the dough becomes light and fluffy. Coarsely chop the hazelnuts. You can also use walnuts, cashews, almonds, pistachios or pre-cooked chestnuts, as you prefer.
  • In a bowl, mix the eggs with the sugar. You do not need to beat the eggs until they are creamy. Stir in vanilla extract, salt, grated orange peel and the cooled chocolate-butter mixture. Finally, fold in the flour and hazelnuts. Spread the dough evenly on the tray.
  • Bake the cake for about 60 minutes. When testing, toothpicks or wooden skewers should still be slightly moist. Let the cake cool down, cut into hand-sized pieces and serve.

Notes

Ingredients for an approx. 35x25 cm large baking tray

Nutrition

Calories: 190 kcalCarbohydrates: 21 gProtein: 3 gFat: 11 gSaturated Fat: 5 gCholesterol: 36 mgSodium: 85 mgPotassium: 110 mgFiber: 2 gSugar: 13 gVitamin A: 164 IUCalcium: 37 mgIron: 2 mg
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  1. David says

    December 06, 2022 at 9:09 am

    Hi, Please can you tell me the weight of the "1 packet baking powder" you used in this recipe? Recipes here in the UK usually have baking powder measured in teaspoons. Looking online we can get baking powder in packets, but there doesn't seem to be a standard size. Thanks.

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    • Ale says

      December 06, 2022 at 7:56 pm

      Hey David,
      16 g baking powder in one packet. best regards

      Reply

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