La Maison Du Chocolat - Chocolate Pleyel Cake Recipe
La Maison Du Chocolat chocolates are one of the finest chocolates in the world and probably the most expensive too, where a box could set you back a few hundred pounds! La Maison Du Chocolat has a shop in London on Piccadilly and their chocolates are also sold in Harrods in Knightsbridge. Besides selling chocolates, they also sell a variety of macaroons and cakes. My favourite cake is the Chocolate Pleyel Cake which costs £2.50 for a piece so you’ll be glad to know that I came across the recipe for it in the Canary Wharf Citylife magazine which I picked up whilst I was in the area last week! I would really recommend trying out the recipe especially if there isn’t a La Maison Du Chocolat near you!
Ingredients:
200g dark chocolate
5 eggs (3 yolks - 5 whites)
190g butter
10g vanilla extract
170g icing sugar
1 teaspoon of salt
70g granulated sugar
100g flour
75g almond powder
Method:
- Grease a 25cm cake tin and put it in the fridge
- Break the chocolate into small pieces and place it in a glass bowl. Heat the bowl gently by placing it over a saucepan filled with boiling water until the chocolate has melted. Separate the egg whites from the yolks.
- When the chocolate has melted, add the butter cut into small cubes. Blend and then add the vanilla, yolks and icing sugar. Mix again.
- Add the almond powder, take the bowl off the saucepan, add the flour and mix throughly.
- Preheat the oven to 200C (gas mark 7).
- Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks, add the salt and then add the granulated sugar a little at a time and keep beating. Add the egg whites to the chocolate mixture and blend well.
- Flour the cake tin and pour the mixture into it.
- Place the cake tin in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
- To check it is baked, poke the cake with the blade of a knife and if the blade comes out dry, then it’s ready.
- Remove the cake from the oven and the tin, and leave to cool before serving.
Well that’s all folks! Hope you enjoy eating it! 
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i love baking, can’t wait to try your recipe..hepofully it is successful..haha…always fain my baking…
That looks wickedly delicious.
I need to go to London more often, some many places to visit there. You’re so lucky living there!
Dang this sounds good I am going to have to try your recipe.
Hard to stick to a diet when you run across blog posts like this. Oh well, gotta indulge once in a while. I’ll have to try this.
Chocolate Pleyel Cake Recipe? seem not bad la…want to have a try immediately la…of couse not me, i will get somebody to bake for me..hehe…
yummy..yummy…delicious..i love chocolate cake..please post more so that i can learn from the recipe….thx for sharing the recepi.
Just amazing, I love chocolate and I will try your receipe toning.
Also I like to see food pictures on you post.
Thanks a lot for the recipe. Hehe, my mouth’s already watering!
I hate chocolates but oh my! that’s too tempting! I must now ready myself for fall.
Thanks man… I have read about it on the web, but wasn’t able to find the recipe…
Sounds absolutely decadent!
Haven’t been to the one in Picadilly, but have actually been to the original one in France, where my girlfriend eventually had to hit me with the old tazer to get me out the store
I work 3 doors down from La Maison Du Chocolat in Piccadilly - it’s just too easy to nip in there. It’s a little pricey, but you get what you pay for it’s delicious stuff.
thanks
What I have found here!A recipe!That’s not I didn’t expecting coming.Well thank you .I love recipe.
I love chocolates and anything with chocolate becomes my favourite.. the chocolate cake sounds yummy.. can’t wait to try it.. thanks a lot for sharing this.
Just found this via google, been reading a few articles and really like your blog… The articles are pretty well written =P
Keep up the good work =P, I’ll try to keep checking back…
La Maison Du Stuff Ya Face more like lol
wow this recipe sounds amazing just by reading your ingredients. i cannot wait to try this out and share this recipe with others (crediting you of course!).
Thanks I’m a chocolate addict so I can’t wait to try this recipie. Mmmm I can taste it already and I’m not even in the kitchen yet ; )
I agree with Essex, it is a little pricey. Having said that, now I have this recipe I am going to give it a go this wekend and let you know how it turns out.
Sounds yummy!!!
Will most certainly be trying out this recipe. Hopefully if they turn out well I’ll be able to give some to friends and family this holiday season.
Looking delicious…I can feel Chocolate melting in my mouth
hmmm what a fantastic taste. I tried it and have been successfull
hmmmm good.
thank you
Chocolates.. how i love them. I have already tasted many recipes. I would want to taste this also.