Oh my God, this one is so difficult (and by difficult I mean you can't put everything in one bowl and mix it like I normally do)! But my mom loves it and requested it for her Name Day (yup, we celebrate it -as good excuse to drink as any, right?). So I slaved in the kitchen to come up with a teeny tiny cake which sends everyone into a state of bliss. Well, not everyone, it serves about six people but what the heck, let's do it.
You'll need:
- 4 egg yolks
- 2 eggs
- 65g granulated sugar
- 32g cocoa powder
- 16g potato starch
- 65g sugar
- 60ml water
- 25ml amaretto
- 160g bitter chocolate
- 50g butter
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 egg
- 250ml heavy cream
1) Take the eggs and yolks with sugar from the first part and whisk them above boiling water. It must remain luke warm - you don't want an omelette here! It should become light and full of bubbles. Gently fold in the dry ingredients (as you can see, the bubbles are the only thing giving this light texture so fold really carefully, you don't want to burst them and have very flat and dense cake). Bake for about 15mins at 180°C. Then let cool down and later cut in half.
2) Boil the ingredients from the 2nd part for about 2 minutes and set aside.
3) Mix the butter and chocolate by melting them above boiling water. And set aside.
4) Whisk the eggs and yolks with sugar till you have a foamy mixture.
5) Add 1/2 of the boiled sugar/amaretto SLOWLY to the foamy mixture you've just created.
6) Pour this egg mixture in the melted chocolate and put in the fridge to cool.
7) Pour the second half of the sugary "syrup" over the two halves of the cake.
8) Beat the heavy cream till soft peaks appear and beat it in the choco mixture you take out from the fridge.
9) Assembly the cake, let it cool in the fridge for a couple of more hours and celebrate that you've achieved level one in French cake making. Yeah, this is what kids make in France ;-)=
Now I see I've also sprinkled it with cacao powder. Do whatever you fancy...
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