Dark chocolate & raspberries cake

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Dark chocolate & raspberries cake

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Serves: Round form of 22 cm of diameter.
Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat
Rating: 5.0/5
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Ingredients

  • For the milk chocolate brownie:
  • 100 gr butter
  • 60 gr milk chocolate 35 % cocoa
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 110 gr sugar
  • 90 gr flour
  • For the dark chocolate mousse (round form of 18 cm diameter) :
  • 90 gr milk 3.5 % fat
  • 25 gr sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 145 gr dark chocolate 60 %
  • 180 gr cream 35 % fat
  • Dark chocolate ganache:
  • 125 gr cream 35 % fat
  • 150 gr dark chocolate 70 %
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Instructions

For the milk chocolate brownie:

  1. Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie, then add the butter cut in pieces and melt it with the chocolate.
  2. Whip the eggs with the sugar for 3 minutes, than pour it in the melted chocolate and butter and mix with a spoon to obtain a smooth dough.
  3. Add the flour and mix everything.
  4. Pour it in a baking form, buttered and floured, and bake it at 180 C for about 20 minutes. Let it cool down.

For the dark chocolate mousse (round form of 18 cm diameter) :

  1. Whip the cream and put it in the fridge.
  2. Boil the milk in a pot.
  3. In a bowl, mix the egg yolks with sugar.
  4. Pour the hot milk on the egg mixture and cook it at 80-82 C (it doesn't have to boil! ).
  5. Pour the mixture over the dark chocolate, cut in small pieces and mix with a spoon until you obtain a smooth cream. Let it cool down 2 minutes before adding the whipped cream. Mix everything with a spoon and pour the mousse in a mold then place it in the frost.
  6. Wait 12 hours before removing it from the mold and leave it in the frost.

Dark chocolate ganache:

Boil the cream, then pour it over the cut chocolate and stir with a spoon until you obtain a smooth cream. Heat the Ganache at 45°C and use it to freeze the mousse.

Procedure:

  1. Place the brownie on a dish, cover the top with a thin layer of raspberry jam.
  2. Add the frosted mousse in the middle and place the fresh raspberries around the mousse.
  3. Keep it in the fridge before serving.

Recipe: Alessandro Vitali