Surprise plumcake: chocolate in the dough? I show you how

Surprise plumcake: chocolate in the dough? I show you how

Imagine a cake that hides inside not one, but two bars of chocolate, further covered with a ganache, again with chocolate and sprinkled with chocolate chips once again. Just thinking about it makes your mouth water.

If, then, you add that, despite being impressive, it is very easy to make, you understand well that this is an unmissable and, perhaps, unbeatable recipe!

Surely it will conquer the little ones of the house, but even the older ones will not be able to resist the temptation: after the first taste, they will ask for an encore, almost moved by so much gluttony all concentrated in the dish.

What are you waiting for then? Get to work, we begin!

For this recipe, get:

• for the dough
  • 3 eggs
  • sugar (160g)
  • butter (100g)
  • latte (200 ml)
  • farina (250 g)
  • baking powder (14 g)
  • vanilla sugar (5 g)
  • 180 g of semi-sweet chocolate (2 bars of 90 g)
• for the garnish:
  • 250 g of semi-sweet chocolate
  • cooking cream (100 g)
  • chocolate chips, to taste to decorate

Preheat the oven to 200°.

Grease a 22×10 cm loaf pan on the base and edges, then line it with baking paper and brush it.

In a bowl, break the eggs, add the sugar and work everything with the mixer for 2 minutes. Now add the very soft butter and continue to mix with the electric whisk. Now add flour, vanilla sugar and milk. Mix again with the whisk, finally add the yeast and mix with the whisk by hand.

When the dough is well uniform, transfer half of it into the pan. Level the surface and place a bar of chocolate in the center and cover it with the remaining dough, level it again and place another bar of chocolate. Bake the cake for 55 minutes

a lot depends on the performance of your oven.

Meanwhile, prepare the ganache: chop the dark chocolate with a knife, put it in a large saucepan, add the cream and place on the stove over low heat. Melt everything, stirring constantly with the spatula. When the cream is well bound, turn off the gas.

Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool. Then remove the edges with a knife and unmold it.

Cover it with the chocolate and cream ganache. Then decorate with chocolate chips and serve.