How to make chocolate mascarpone cake

Ingredients:

1. Corn starch 100 g
2. 3 eggs
3. White sugar 250 g
4. Mascarpone cheese 200 g
5. High-fat milk 200 ml
6. Butter 70 g + some
7. Vanilla extract 1 tbsp
8. Baking powder 1 tsp
9. Three zero flour 300 g
10. Chocolate chips 100 g
11. Powdered sugar in the required amount

Preparation and cooking method:

Today we are going to teach you how to make a delicious sponge cake ... As the name implies, this cake uses mascarpone. And in fact, it is a kind of pressed cream. This cheese is widely used in Italian desserts, for example, the main ingredient of tiramisu dessert is the same mascarpone cheese.

The first step in preparing chocolate mascarpone cake:

To prepare this cake, you need an electric mixer. For this purpose, take 3 large eggs out of the refrigerator half an hour before you start baking the cake and put it at room temperature to be at room temperature, then break the eggs into small pieces. Pour into a bowl, then add 250 grams of white sugar and turn on the electric mixer, and beat the sugar and egg mixture until creamy, creamy, and voluminous.

(Be sure to use an electric mixer for baking cakes. The volume that cakes find with an electric mixer is completely different from the volume of cakes that are prepared with hand mixers)

The second step in preparing chocolate mascarpone cake:

Now you have to add the mascarpone cheese to the previous sourdough; Mascarpone cheese is very creamy and specific to Italy; Add 200 grams of mascarpone to the previous egg yolk and continue mixing with an electric mixer.

(It is probably not easy to find mascarpone cheese in Iranian stores. For this purpose, you can replace it with ordinary cream cheese).

The third step of preparing chocolate mascarpone cake:

Now you need to add a tablespoon of vanilla extract, 200 ml of high-fat milk, and 70 grams of softened butter at room temperature to the previous ingredients and mix all the ingredients. (If you do not have vanilla extract, use vanilla powder and it is better. Pour it into the sugar and egg mixture in the first step)

Now it is time to add the dry ingredients. For this purpose, you must first mix the dry ingredients and sift them twice: 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 100 grams of corn starch, and 300 grams of three zero flour and sift twice to Be well aerated.

(Corn starch is one of the most widely used dry materials in confectionery and cake baking; its color and taste are neutral and after using it in cakes, it gives a special softness to their spongy texture)

Add the dry ingredients to the base of the cake and mix all the ingredients thoroughly. Pour 100 grams of chocolate chips into the icing and mix all the ingredients again with a roll.

(Chocolate chips are small coin chocolates that are used to decorate cakes and pastries and are sold in bulk in confectionery supplies).

The fourth step of preparing chocolate mascarpone cake:

To bake the cake, use a suitable mold with a hollow in the middle. Grease the mold completely with melted butter and pour the chocolate mascarpone cake batter into it, and finally put the cake in the oven. Preheat the oven to 170 ° C and place the mold on the middle layer of the oven for 40 to 45 minutes until the cake is completely cooked and ready.

Take the cake out of the oven after it is completely baked and let it reduce its heat, then take it out of the mold and decorate it with some powdered sugar. have become. Enjoy your meal

* If you wish, you can use raisins and chopped walnuts instead of chocolate chips.

* Use light and empty mold to bake this cake. Light molds absorb heat later, so it takes more time to bake, and in the end, the cake does not overcook and dry too much. On the other hand, because it is empty in the middle. It stays empty inside the cake and the cake does not become doughy.