Baked Chocolate Budino For The Holidays
If you want to impress your holiday guests, you need to make this decadent and indulgent chocolate budino cake. Made with rich chocolate and a creamy, dense pudding-like filling, this dessert is the perfect addition to any festive celebration.
Equipment
- 9 inch round saverin pan or bundt cake pan
- Large pan for placing the budino pan in to steam
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups whole milk
- 3 large eggs separated
- ½ cup Granulated sugar
- ½ cup All purpose flour plus more for pan.
- ½ cup unsalted butter at room temperature plus more for greasing the pan.
- 3 ½ ounces Semi sweet chocolate (chopped) This is about 2 bars
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Rub butter all over the inside of a 9-inch Saverin pan or bundt cake pan making sure to get all the way up the sides. Now add a little flour and shake it all around the pan to coat the butter then shake out any excess flour.
- Set aside
- Cream butter in a large bowl.½ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- Now add the egg yolks and sugar to the butter and mix well then set aside.3 large eggs, ½ cup Granulated sugar
- In a medium saucepan, bring milk to a boil over medium heat.2 ½ cups whole milk
- Slowly add in the chocolate whisking often until melted then remove from the heat.3 ½ ounces Semi sweet chocolate (chopped)
- Slowly pour the chocolate mixture into the creamed butter and eggs, whisking as you pour.
- Pour this mixture back into the saucepan and place on the stovetop.
- Sift in the flour and vanilla and whisk well and bring to a gentle simmer and allow to simmer for about 5 minutes, whisking continuously.½ cup All purpose flour, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Remove from the heat and allow to cool completely making sure to stir it a few times.
- With a hand mixer, stand mixer, or whisk, whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks.
- Fold the egg whites into the cooled chocolate mixture.
- Pour this into the prepared budino pan.
- Place the pan inside of a large roasting pan then fill it with hot water halfway up the sides of the budino pan.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into about 3 inches from the outside of the pan comes out clean.
- Remove the budino pan from the roasting pan and place on a cooling rack to cool.
- Flip out the Budino cake on to a large plate.
- Serve with whipped cream or a dusting of powdered sugar or cinnamon.
Nutrition
Calories: 2567kcalCarbohydrates: 229gProtein: 50gFat: 163gSaturated Fat: 96gPolyunsaturated Fat: 8gMonounsaturated Fat: 44gTrans Fat: 4gCholesterol: 814mgSodium: 444mgPotassium: 1762mgFiber: 10gSugar: 167gVitamin A: 4587IUCalcium: 924mgIron: 12mg
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