Cooking with Top Travel Italy: Giulia’s Chocolate Cake

Today Giulia from Top Travel Italy's Operation Department, will show you how to prepare a delicious chocolate cake, called Nua Cake.

Nua cake is a sponge cake filled with Italian custard. It is a sort of a magic recipe, as the custard sinks into the sponge while baking and the result is a very light sponge that hides surprisingly delicious “pockets” of crema pasticcera (Italian custard) through it. This is a great cake, very easy and fast to make, perfect for everyday or for a special dinner.

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Nua Cake

Ingredients:

For the Italian custard cream
 - 250 ml of milk
 - 2 egg yolks
 - 50 gr of sugar
 - 3 tbsp of cornstarch
 - 1/2 vanilla bean’s seeds

For the sponge
 - 4 eggs
 - 300 gr of flour
 - 180 gr of sugar
 - 1 stick of soft butter (100 gr)
 - 130 ml of milk
 - 1/2 tbsp of baking powder
 - 40 gr cocoa powder

Directions:

Start with the custard:

- In a saucepan bring the milk to a simmer along with the vanilla bean;
 - In a bowl whisk together the egg yolks, sugar and cornstarch;
 - Pour the warm milk in the egg mixture and whisk until well combined;
 - Transfer the mixture back to the saucepan and place over low heat;

 - Whisk it constantly until it thickens up.

 - Transfer the custard to a bowl, cover it with plastic wrap and let it cool.

Make the sponge:

 - In a bowl beat the eggs with the sugar;

 - Add the soft butter, milk and  keep blending with a hand mixer;
 - Add the sifted flour, the cocoa and baking powder;

 - Blend the mixture until fluffy and creamy;

 - Pour the batter in a greased cake pan and add spoonfuls of custard on the cake’s surface;

 - Bake at 180 C for 40 minutes.

Serve once cooled.

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