Chocolate Truffle Cake With White Chocolate Truffles Recipe
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| Back to Category: Alcohol/Liqueur, Buttermilk/Cream, Fruit, Nuts, White ChocolateWHITE CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES
Ingredients
2 tbsp butter
5 tbsp heavy cream
225 grams good quality white chocolate, broken into pieces.
1 tbsp orange – flavored liqueur
To finish:
100 grams white chocolate melted
Method
- Line a loaf tin with parchment paper. Place the butter and the cream in a saucepan and bring slowly to the boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute, then remove the pan from the heat. Add the chocolate pieces to the mixture, stir till melted ,then beat in the liqueur if using.Pour the mixture in the prepared tin and chill for 2 hours till firm. Using a teaspoon, roll small amounts of the mixture into balls. Chill for another 30 minutes.
To finish:
- Dip the balls in the chocolate, allowing the excess to drip back into the bowl. Place on nonstick baking parchment , swirl the chocolate with the tines of a fork and leave to harden.
CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE CAKEIngredientsCake:
75grams butter
75grams caster sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
75 grams self raising flour
½ tsp baking powder
25 grams cocoa powder
50 grams ground almonds
Truffle Topping:
350 grams plain chocolate
100 gram butter
1 ¼ cups of heavy cream
75 grams chocolate cake crumbs
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Lightly grease 20 cm cake pan and line the base. Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add the eggs, beating well after each addition.
- Sieve the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder together and fold into the mixture along with the ground almonds. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 25 minutes or until springy to the touch. Leave to cool completely. Wash and dry the pan and return the cooled cake to the pan.
Topping:
- Heat the chocolate, butter and cream in a heavy based pan and stir until smooth. Cool, and then chill for 30 minutes. Beat well with a wooden spoon and chill for a further 30 minutes. Beat the mixture again, and then add the cake crumbs, beating until well combined. Spoon over the sponge base .Arrange the truffles over the mixture and press slightly .Sift some cocoa powder over the truffles in a decorative way. Chill.
