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DARK CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE CAKE

This is a very dense chocolate dessrt. If you like your chocolate you will like this. It goes a long way as it is very very rich. Use only the best chocolate as cheap cooking chocolate will ruin it

Ingredients

  • 3 fl oz liquid glucose
  • juice and finely grated rind of one orange
  • 3 oz cast sugar
  • 1 lb good dark chocolate broken into pieces
  • 8 tbsp of orange curacao
  • 3/4 pt double cream
  • 1 egg white
  • sieved cocoa powder to finish or whatever you like

Method

  1. Lightly oil a loose bottomed springform cake tin about 10"/25cms Line base with silicone paper
  2. Heat the glucose orange juice and rind water and cast sugar together gently to melt the sugar. When the sugar has melted bring liquid to the boil.
  3. Melt chocolate in the orange Curacao in a bowl over barely simmering water taking care not to let the water touch the bottom of the bowl.
  4. Mix the glucose mixture into the melted chocolate and leave to cool for 10 mins or so.
  5. Whip cream till it forms soft peaks and fold this into the choc mixture.
  6. Whisk egg white till it is very stiff and with metal spoon fold this quickly and thoroughly into creamy choc mixture.
  7. Put into prepared tin
  8. Leave in a cool place for several hours before turning onto serving dish. Peel off paper and dust with cocoa

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