Chocolate and cream cake: the giant version of the best dessert ever!
published on 22 May, 2019 at 10:52
This cake is a perfect dessert that all children and adults love!
INGREDIENTS
INGREDIENTS
For the cake:
3 eggs (separated);
a pinch of salt;
45 g (1.5 oz) sugar;
80 g (2.8 oz) butter, soft;
45 g (1.5 oz) sugar;
50 g (1.7 oz) flour;
40 g (1.4 oz) cornstarch;
40 g (1.4 oz) cocoa powder;
2 tsp baking powder;
½ cup milk.
For the cream:
250 g (8.8 oz) mascarpone;
150 g (5 oz) cream cheese;
1 2/3 cup cream;
50 g (1.7 oz) sugar.
For the chocolate layer:
60 g (2 oz) milk chocolate, melted;
40 g (1.4 oz) cream;
20 g (0.7 oz) butter, melted;
2 cups chocolate cream.
METHOD
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
- Using mixer whip egg whites, with salt and sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Separately stir softened butter and leftover sugar until pale. Add egg yolks and stir to combine.
- Whisk dry ingredients: flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and cornstarch.
- Stir butter and dry ingredients, adding milk in small portions. Carefully fold in egg whites and pour the batter into prepared cake tin.
- Bake for 30 minutes, let cool down completely and cut in half.
- Whisk mascarpone, cream cheese and sugar. Whip cream and fold it into the cheese mixture.
- For the chocolate layer whip cream. Combine melted chocolate with melted butter and add the cream in.
- Spread half of the cream over one half of the cake. Pour chocolate layer over, spread leftover cream on top and add another layer of cake. Leave to cool down.
- Cover the cake with chocolate cream and decorate to your preference.
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