Cloud forest chocolate cake

Willies Wonky choc cake recipes
By Willie Harcourt-Cooze from Willie's Wonky Chocolate Factory
Willie's cloud forest chocolate cake made with 100 per cent cacao tastes out of this world.

Makes 1 x 25cm cake

Ingredients

  • 180g cacao, finely grated
  • 250g unsalted butter
  • 125g golden caster sugar
  • 50g light muscovado sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 100g ground almonds

METHOD

How to make cloud forest chocolate cake

1. Preheat oven to 160ºC. Line a 25cm spring-formed cake tin with baking paper.

2. Melt the cacao and butter by placing them, along with half the caster sugar and all of the muscovado sugar in a large heat-proof bowl. Sit the bowl over a pan of simmering water.

3. Meanwhile, beat the eggs with the remaining caster sugar until they have tripled in size.

4. When the cacao and butter has melted, add the almonds and stir to combine.

5. Gradually fold the cacao mixture into the eggs. Tip the cake mix into the prepared tin.

6. Bake for 25 minutes, then leave to cool in the tin.

7. The cake can be iced by heating 500ml double cream with 150g caster sugar. Stir in 180g grated cacao, leave to cool and spread over the cake.

Comments

Average rating: 4/5
(click to rate)
cupcake

How to make very glamorous cupcakes

Eric Lanlard from Glamour Puds helps you make drop-dead-divine cupcakes

Thursday 06 March 2008
Skip Channel4 main Navigation

Channel 4 © 2013. We have updated our terms and conditions and privacy policy. Please ensure you read both documents before using our Digital Products and Services.