Chocolate Cake with Cottage Cheese Balls

First, make the filling balls: combine the cottage cheese, sugar, starch, coconut, and egg yolks. Mix well until smooth, then shape into balls.

Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Whip the yolks with the sugar and vanilla until light and smooth.

Fold in the melted chocolate. Sift in the flour, starch, baking powder, cocoa powder, and salt into the chocolate-egg mixture and stir to combine.

Whip the egg whites with 30g of sugar until stiff peaks form. Gently fold them into the batter using a spatula with an over-and-under motion.

Line a baking pan with parchment paper and arrange the cheese balls inside.

Pour the chocolate batter evenly over the top.

Bake at 180 degrees Celsius (350°F) for 30-40 minutes.