Recipe (for a cake of 20 cm diameter)

Sponge cake:
Beat eggs until light and fluffy. Add yolks egg, sugar and salt until creamy. Blend in a sift mixture of flour and chocolate powder.
In a small saucepan heat milk and oil to 30�C. Gradually blend into the mixture. Pour into a greased 20 cm diameter pan and bake in preheated oven to 200�C fo 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Dark fondant:
Mix together all ingredients except chocolate in a saucepan. Boil stirring constantly and remove from heat. Add the chocolate powder and beat to mix uniformly until smooth.

* To make glycose syrup: Heat in a saucepan 25.77 mL water with 16.25 g sugar and boil to obtain a transparent fluid. Cool and use in the fondant mixture.