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CHOCOLATE CLOUD CAKE
On days when I want the warmth of the hearth rather than the hurly burly of the city streets I stay in and read cookery books, and this recipe comes from just the sort of book that gives most succour, Classic Home Desserts by Richard Sax. The cake itself is as richly and rewardingly sustaining: a melting, dark, flourless, chocolate base, the sort that sinks damply on cooling; the fallen centre then cloudily filled with softly whipped cream and sprinkled with cocoa powder. As Richard Sax says, "intensity, then relief, in each bite".
Thoughts
chocolate cloud cake
Well another gorgeous cake. I was a bit worried by all of the cracks, but hey it just added to the lovely feel of the soft inside, and the crisp outside.Yum!
Posted by jackskitchen on 12th Dec 2011 at 17.13
chocolate cloud cake
I made this a few years ago and it went down very well. I will make it again for my husband on news years eve. Thank you Nigella for such a fantastic pudding.
Posted by HELENI on 11th Dec 2011 at 22.20
Chocolate Cloud Cake - Good Enough for Angels
I made this cloud cake last to treat myself after finishing a monster of a uni essay (obviously I didn't treat myself to the whole thing...although I'm sure I easily could have) I was so pleased with the outcome of the cake, with the centre giving a sort of sigh and sinking gently at the centre, leaning the perfect nest for mounds of soft cream. The taste can only be described as heavenly. Decadent chocolate, Christmassy orange and luscious cream. I think that this would be a perfect alternative to Christmas Pudding, or why not go crazy and have both - after all, it is Christmas!
Posted by alifoodie on 1st Dec 2011 at 12.56
