Chocolate recipes Cloud forest chocolate cake recipe

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1. Hi i have just made this cake and it is absolutly delicious!! I made it for my food technology at school and it is scrumptious!....x

   Posted by XxdanniixX on 24/06/2009 14:43:41

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2. Guys Is this still edible if it has separated a little? Only about 5 millimeters at the bottom

   Posted by Dave on 31/05/2009 13:42:43

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3. Wow! This cake is amazingly scrumptious! I bow down to Willie, I believe this is the best chocolate cake I have ever tasted (and trust me I have tasted a lot). It is very easy to make - make sure you beat the eggs enough though and when adding the chocolate to the egg mixture make sure you stir it really really well - otherwise it will separate or curdle. Make sure it is all the same colour too. See John's comments below for the amount of each ingredient as the recipe above is not correct. I used the recipe from Willie's book. Yum yum!

   Posted by Carla on 22/05/2009 12:51:41

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4. Wow! Dark, powerful and slightly dangerous! - For adults only... I used half quantity in a 16.5cm loose bottomed tin, lined with one piece of baking paper. I was worried about overcooking with the smaller amount and started poking at it after 20 mins which made it sink a little! Have confidence - it needs at least 30 mins at 160-165 fan oven. No need to worry about egg mixture being 3x the volume - the same recipe on the back of the cacao wrapper says double the vol, - same in Willie's book. When mixing the cacao butter into the egg sugar, it needs quite a strong beating / lifting action with a spoon to get the two to combine properly. Persist - it does work. Also, the quantities above for the icing seem wrong - twice what you actually need for a full size cake! I used about 150ml dbl cream, 40g golden caster, and 50g cacao for a half size cake - more than enough. I found Willies 100% Cacao in Waitrose in Peterborough, alongside the baking ingredients.

   Posted by John on 26/04/2009 22:13:06

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5. this needs a 160 FAN oven, or a 180 ordinary oven. be very careful when decanting it from the tin; it is very fragile with no flour in it. the icing only needs 90 gms cacao, otherwise it is far too strong. hope this helps.

   Posted by jo on 23/04/2009 15:41:25

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6. i was making the cake for my sister and boyfriends birthday, i followed the recipe very carefully and it still turned out wrong. it seperated and left a yellow like goo at the bottom, i had difficulty with the egg whipping but this had nothing to do with the mixing, i also used an electric whisk. i will try seperating them next time. i left the cake in the oven for an hour as it still had not set after 45 minutes... hmmm... still gooey but the top was starting to burn so had to take it out. maybe better next time

   Posted by kylie on 12/04/2009 19:30:25

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7. I have just successfully made this yummy cake. Reading the comments on it I was worried I might make a mess of it so riskily halved all the quantities as it was an expensive and pretty large party size original recipe. It worked well in an ordinary sandwich tin ( about 7and a half ins ) but the tin could have been a bit smaller and a bit deeper - 25 mins worked well for this smaller edition. Maybe the cooks who had difficulty with the egg whipping did not use a powerful electric mixer; I had no difficulty in trebling the egg volume using my magimix.Ann Cadey

   Posted by Ann Cadey on 12/04/2009 12:40:07

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8. I have just made the Cloud Forest chocolate cake and to my dismay, after leaving it to cool, it seems to have separated during the cooking. I whipped the eggs and sugar VERY VERY well and folded in the chocolate mixture. Any thoughts on what went wrong please? What is the consistency supposed to be like when it has finsihed baking? 25 minutes seems to be a very short cooking time. I look forward to your comments. Thank you, Ann Harrison

   Posted by Ann Harrison on 10/04/2009 13:29:32

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9. Yum yum!!

   Posted by Choc Cake on 08/04/2009 10:04:01

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10. You can buy Willy's chocolate online here: http://www.mummydeli.com/index.php?p=catalog&mode=search&search_in=all&search_str=Venezuelan Black&x=11&y=10

    Posted by ryan on 12/03/2009 23:07:43

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11. which is the best place to buy willys product's from website,shop ect...

    Posted by Monsoon on 03/03/2009 18:22:32

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12. Where do could I buy the chocolate from willys factory

    Posted by dannio on 24/12/2008 21:19:45

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13. Actually cacao can be purchased at Selfridges but if you go to www.venezuelanblack.com who will get a list of where to purchase cacao from. They have stores all over the country - England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

    Posted by Scott on 22/12/2008 14:13:23

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14. For everyone out there who is looking for CACAO CHOCOLATE it can be purchased at SELFRIDGES.

    Posted by Scott on 22/12/2008 14:05:00

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15. For everyone who made a mess of this cake, take the egg whites separately and whip with sugar until tripled in size (by hand is always best). Then beat the yolks and fold in. Then fold in the rest of the chocolate mix. You will get a very different result.

    Posted by DamH on 22/12/2008 13:06:05

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16. Qs: What is cacao and where can I purchase it from?

    Posted by henry on 22/12/2008 09:28:55

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17. I have made the chocolate cake several times, which seems to come out fine, but confused by the eggs tripling in size. I give up after about 15 minutes of blending and put them in anyway. Does anyone know how long you generally have to blend them for before they become tripled in size??

    Posted by Lucy on 21/12/2008 20:37:52

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18. Do I add the eggs whole or just the yolks?

    Posted by Dave on 21/12/2008 14:08:06

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19. If you have a waitrose you shuld find it there.

    Posted by RACHEL on 20/12/2008 21:25:57

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20. Where can I buy cacao chocolate in Scotland?

    Posted by Scott on 20/12/2008 21:10:52

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21. Waitrose sell the bars for 5.99 each, hope there is one near you!

    Posted by averil on 20/12/2008 17:24:13

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22. where can I buy your chocolate in gloucestershire

    Posted by karen on 19/12/2008 14:45:01

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23. Hi I would also like to know where I could buy your chocolate from. Love all your programs, please keep them coming.

    Posted by Carol on 18/12/2008 20:18:54

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24. Where can I purchase cacao in Norfolk.

    Posted by Johm McDade on 18/12/2008 18:12:46

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25. where can i buy grated cacao

    Posted by Kath on 17/12/2008 22:30:01

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26. Hi Sheena, I can't give you any technical reasons why it separated but I have made about five cakes based on this recipe and they have all turned out OK. I did a few things differently from the original recipe. 1 - I left out the almonds as some of my friends are nut intolerant, it didn't seem to affect the cake. 2 - rather than mixing the cholocate mix into the eggs a little at a time I pour the eggs into the chocolate mix all in one go. It will look too watery and pale at this stage but don't worry. Keep mixing well and it will firm up and turn a rich chocolate colour. The first time I made the cake I did this by mistake and thought I had wasted the ingredients, but as they were expensive I thought I'd carry on anyway. I have carried on doing it this way as it is easier for me as I only one bowl big enough for the mixture which is also the only one that sits on a pan nicely! Make sure it is completely mixed as this could be why it separated. 3 - when cooking I found that it was still very wet in the middle after 25 minutes so I kept on cooking for longer - up to 40 or 45 minutes seems to work with my oven. If you stick a sharp knife into the middle it should be fairly clean when you pull it out. You will need to experiment a bit to find what suits you. 4 - as I had trouble getting Willie's 100% cacao I used whatever chocolate I could find with a high cacao content - Lindt 70% or 85% seems to work well for me. Hope this helps, if you can get it to come out it is a gorgeous cake. Many of my friends who have tried it have said it is the best thing they have ever tasted. Cheers, Eddie

    Posted by Eddie on 04/11/2008 10:50:59

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27. when i made the cloud cake it seperated during cooking. what do you think i did wrong as this is an expensive mistake to make, i hope to stop someone else doing the same.hope some one can help.

    Posted by sheena on 17/10/2008 18:09:09

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