Ingredients (makes 8)
Chocolate Genoise Sponge
4 eggs
1 egg yolk
120g sugar
100g plain flour
20g cadbury's hot chocolate powder
Chocolate Mousse
75g egg yolks
35g sugar
35ml water
150g chocolate
300g cream
Assembly
Creme de Cassis
75g rasberries
60g strawberries
Strawberry halves to decorate
1. Start with the genoise sponge, blanche the eggs and yolk in a bowl with the sugar
2. Warm the eggs and sugar mix in a bain marie until they feel warm
3. Take off the heat and whist until the mix is cool the eggs have a ribbon like texture
4. In a separate bowl sift the flour and hot chcolate powder and work together with a whisk
5. Fold the dry ingredients into the egg mix with a rubber spatula whilst turning the bowl. ½ then ½
N.B. When folding in the dry ingredients cut into the centre of the mix while turning the bowl.
6. Ladle the mix into 8 small mould so they are½ full. Smooth with a rubber spatula
N.B. The mould is not greased so the genoise keeps its diameter
7. Bake at 180C for 10-15 mins then transfer onto a rack to cool in its mould
8. Now prepare the ingredients for the mousse. Whip the cream and refrigerate
9. Separate the eggs and beat the egg yolks in a small bowl.
10. Put he chocolate over a bain marie to melt
11. Make the sugar syrup, in a pan put the water in first then the sugar and bring to the boil
12. Whip the syrup and eggs together until cool and you have a smooth ribbon texture
13. Fold the cream into the eggs and syrup mix with a spatula
14. Fold 1/3 of the mix into the chocolate with a whisk then fold in the rest with a whisk
N.B. Once the mix is ¾ mixed finish wit a spatula
15. Leave the mix out whilst you prepare the sponge
16. Scrape round the mould with a knife to un-mould the sponge. Clean the mould well.
17. Put the genoise back in the mould
18. Imbibe the sponge generously with the crème de cassis
19. Cut the strawbeeris and rasberries into small pieces an place a small heap on each sponge
20. fill the cake with the chocolate mousse using the scraper.
N.B. Fill the sides first then smooth then fill the centre
21. Use a flat spatula to smooth off the top of the cake keeping it slightly higher in the centre
22. But the cake in the freezer
23. Once the cake has set pop a strawberry half on each
24. Remove the mould and serve on a pretty saucer
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