Part 1: FOR THE CAKE
Ingredients
Method- 150g Sugar
- 42g Plain Flour
- 42 Cake Flour
- 44g Cocoa Powder - Deep Russet
- 5g Baking Powder
- 1g Salt
- 86ml Milk
- 101g Eggs
- 25ml Corn Syrup
- 4g Vanilla Extract
- 100g Butter
- To make the cake, sift all the dry ingredients
- Mix milk, eggs, corn syrup and vanilla extract
- Mix the half of the liquid mix with flour and half of the liquid on low speed until smooth
- Mix in the butter on low speed for 1 minute or until homogenous
- Add the remaining liquid in 2 additions with 2 minutes mixing on medium speed
- Bake at 160C convection with fan for 43minutes
- Cool to room temperature
Part 2: FOR THE GANACHE
Ingredients
Method- 353g Heavy Cream
- 128g Sugar
- 120g Cocoa Powder – Deep Russet
- 141g De-odorised Coconut Oil
- 5g Vanilla Extract
- To make the ganache, mix all ingredients in a pot and bring it up to 65C and blend until homogenous
- Cool the ganache to room temperature
Part 3: ASSEMBLING
Method- To assemble the cake, slice the cake horizontally into 3 equal slices, spread an even layer of ganache on the cake
- Spread the outside of the cake evenly with ganache
- Top with some berries of your choice
- Fully chill before slicing
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