Chocolate cake is a kind of cake mainly made of chocolate, eggs and flour. It is common in birthday parties and weddings and is one of the common desserts. It has a wide variety and is suitable for people of all ages.
Chocolate cake originated in Mexico and is popular in Western countries. It has always been regarded as "happiness food". Chocolate contains polyphenols, which are also found in fruits, vegetables, and tea, and have many benefits to human health.
1. Promotes heart health
Eating chocolate in moderation in a balanced meal rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and maintaining regular exercise is a heart-healthy lifestyle. Chocolate cakes contain chocolate, and eating them properly is good for our bodies.
2. Keep your blood pressure normal
Studies have shown that the cocoa flavanols in chocolate cake can maintain normal blood pressure by maintaining healthy blood vessels, and cocoa flavanols can increase the concentration of nitric oxide in the blood. Nitric oxide is very important for relaxing blood vessels and increasing blood flow, so eating chocolate cake properly can also help maintain healthy blood pressure.
3. Maintain healthy blood flow
The flavanols in chocolate cake may support healthy blood flow by reducing the adhesion of platelets in the blood. Platelets are the disc-shaped cells in the blood that play a role in blood clotting, and eating a little chocolate cake can keep our blood flow healthy too.
4. Replenish energy
Research in sports nutrition has shown that before exercise, the energy added to the body by chocolate cake can make the glycogen in the muscles and liver in the most full state. After exercising, it can also replenish the energy expended during exercise and delay fatigue.
Chocolate cake has so many benefits, let's see how to make it. First we need to prepare the ingredients we need.
120g chocolate
160 g whipped cream
80 g butter
50g low-gluten flour
70g caster sugar
4 eggs
proper coffee liquid
1. Pour 80 grams of whipped cream into a container, add 80 grams of butter, microwave for more than ten seconds, stir and stir until dissolved.
2. Pour in 80 grams of chocolate and stir until the chocolate is completely dissolved. After cooling, add an appropriate amount of coffee liquid, stir well and set aside.
3. Crack 4 eggs and separate the whites and yolks. Add 60 grams of caster sugar to the egg whites, and beat the egg whites with a whisk until the texture is clear and not easy to disappear.
4. Add salt to the egg yolk, add 10 grams of caster sugar, use a whisk to break up the egg yolk, then slowly pour the chocolate liquid into the egg yolk paste, and then stir the egg yolk paste with a rubber spatula until the egg yolk paste is very fine.
5. Sift 50 grams of low-gluten flour, and pound the low-gluten flour with an egg beater.
6. Pour the cake batter into the mold from a height of 30 cm, shake the egg bowl a few times and then shake it a few times to defoaming.
7. Bake in the oven at 150 degrees for 40 minutes. Bake it upside down on a plate.
8. Put 80 grams of whipped cream on the gas stove and heat it to 60 degrees, pour in 40 grams of chocolate, mix well and set aside, pour the cooled chocolate liquid on the cake, and the delicious chocolate cake is completed.
