Recipe adapted from French Country Cooking by Mimi Thorisson
The original recipe calls for a 9 inch springform cake tin which will show off the lovely crust on top of the cake. However, using such a cake tin is likely to produce a cake with a gooey centre because it is such a wet batter. Such a cake would require about 30 minutes baking time, or a bit longer if you don’t want it too wet in the centre. Keep in mind that, in France, cakes with a gooey centre (moelleux au chocolat) are quite popular.
If you don’t like cakes with gooey centres, I would recommend making this cake in a Bundt tin or similar ring tin to that pictured – the cake should still be moist, but you avoid the problem of having a wet centre.
Whatever size pan you use, make sure you only fill it to about 2 cm (1 inch) from the top so that there is room for the cake to rise.
If you do not have fleur de sel, you can subsitute for the same quantity of Maldon sea salt.
You could also omit the fleur de sel in this recipe, and just use salted butter.
OVEN TEMPERATURES
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CONVERSIONS
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