- 110g Plain Flour
- 110g Salted Butter
- 110g Light Soft Brown Sugar
- 4 Egg Yolks
- 75g Smashed Raspberries
- 25g Cocoa Powder - True Gold
- 4g (1 tsp) Baking Soda
- Preheat oven to 180ºC. Prepare 1 round 8 inch cake mould by lining with greaseproof paper. Grease with a little bit of oil or butter.
- Add the butter and sugar to a mixing bowl and cream until light and fluffy.
- Weigh and sift flour and baking powder in a separate bowl.
- In another bowl weigh and lightly whisk your eggs.
- Incorporate alternate quantities of dry ingredients and eggs into the creamed mixture until fully incorporated.
- Once fully incorporated, gently fold in the raspberries.
- Add the cake batter to the moulds (smooth out the batter evenly to prevent burning or uneven baking)
- Bake for 30 minutes (turning the moulds occasionally). Test the readiness of the cakes by inserting a knife to the center of the cakes (if knife comes out clean, cake is ready).
- 25g Cocoa Powder - Terra Rossa
- 75g Smashed Raspberries
- 100ml Double Cream
- 30g Salted Butter
- 3g (1/2 tsp) Liquid Glucose
- 50g Caster Sugar
- In a saucepan add the cream, sugar and glucose. Bring to a rolling boil.
- Take off the heat and add the cocoa powder and smashed raspberries.
- Return the saucepan to the heat and bring to a rolling boil.
- Remove from heat, add butter until fully incorporated.
- Set aside to set until ready to use.
Decoration Suggestions:
Fresh (or dried) Raspberries, Toasted and Sliced Almonds
Serving Suggestions: Vanilla Ice Cream, Whipped Chocolate Cream
- Once the cake is cool place onto a serving plate. Using a skewer, pierce the cake in several locations across its surface (through to the plate below).
- Pour the ganache over the top of the cake, allowing the ganache to seep into the holes and flow off the sides of the cake.
- To be finished with fresh raspberries, dried raspberries and/or toasted sliced almonds.
- Served at room temperature with a side of vanilla ice cream, whipped chocolate cream.
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