Torta Al Cioccolato E Vino Rosso and Salsa Al Cioccolato

A community recipe by paola78

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Introduction

A decadent cake recipe from my hero, Gennaro Contaldo's book, Passione. It uses red wine...what more can I add!

Ingredients

Serves: 0

Metric Cups

For the Torta Al Cioccolato

200 grams butter (soft)
250 grams caster sugar
4 eggs (beaten)
25 grams cocoa powder
250 grams flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
100 millilitres red wine
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
150 grams chocolate (curls - you can make them yourself, I made 1/2 curls and the rest I just chopped in the processor)

For the Salsa Al Cioccolato

120 millilitres coffee-flavoured milk
150 grams chocolate (in bits)
1½ teaspoons cocoa
1½ teaspoons sugar syrup (I used maple)
25 grams butter
1 tablespoon sugar

For the Torta Al Cioccolato

7 ounces butter (soft)
9 ounces superfine sugar
4 eggs (beaten)
1 ounce unsweetened cocoa
9 ounces flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
3½ fluid ounces red wine
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
5 ounces chocolate (curls - you can make them yourself, I made 1/2 curls and the rest I just chopped in the processor)

For the Salsa Al Cioccolato

4⅕ fluid ounces coffee-flavoured milk
5 ounces chocolate (in bits)
1½ teaspoons unsweetened cocoa
1½ teaspoons sugar syrup (I used maple)
1 ounce butter
1 tablespoon sugar

Method

Torta Al Cioccolato E Vino Rosso and Salsa Al Cioccolato is a community recipe submitted by paola78 and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Warm oven to 180C, stand 4 and butter and line a 20cm springform.

Beat butter and sugar. Add beaten eggs one at a time. Sift cocoa, flour, baking powder and cinnamon if desired and fold in. Stir in the wine, then the vanilla and finally the curls.

Put mix in tray and bake for about an hour until sate stick comes out clean (mine was in there for an hour and 10 minutes).

Let cool and remove from tray.

Salsa - Stir all ingredients au bain marie until mix is smooth and soft. Sift if necessary to take out any chunks.

Let stand for a minute or two before icing. I iced my cake, added curls and a sprig of rosemary! YUMMO!

Warm oven to 180C, stand 4 and butter and line a 20cm springform.

Beat butter and sugar. Add beaten eggs one at a time. Sift unsweetened cocoa, flour, baking powder and cinnamon if desired and fold in. Stir in the wine, then the vanilla and finally the curls.

Put mix in tray and bake for about an hour until sate stick comes out clean (mine was in there for an hour and 10 minutes).

Let cool and remove from tray.

Salsa - Stir all ingredients au bain marie until mix is smooth and soft. Sift if necessary to take out any chunks.

Let stand for a minute or two before icing. I iced my cake, added curls and a sprig of rosemary! YUMMO!