Cakes and Pastries Recipes - Chocolate, Oranges and Spices Ganache Moist Cake  Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 8

• 5 eggs

• 4 1/3 oz (125 g) sugar

• 1 tablespoon cocoa

• 4 1/4 oz flour

• 3/4 oz (20 g) butter

Ganache:

• 1 1/8 lb grated dark chocolate

• 2 cups cream

• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

• 1 pinch of ground clove

• 1 pinch of ground star anise

• 1 tsp liquid coffee extract

• Grated zest of 1/2 orange

• Juice of 1 orange

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).

2. Beat the eggs and the sugar in a double boiler until the mixture thickens. Mix the cocoa and the flour and add to the egg-sugar mixture in three parts, folding in carefully. Pour this sponge cake batter onto a greased baking sheet, no more than 1/2 inch (1 cm) thick. Bake for about 10 min.

3. Prepare the ganache: grate the chocolate. Heat the cream in a saucepan. Melt the chocolate in the cream. Add the spices, coffee extract, orange zest, and juice.

4. Allow the sponge cake to cool and turn in out onto a cooling rack.

5. Grease a 10 inch (24 cm) pan. line the base and the sides with the sponge cake. Fill with the ganache. Allow to set and chill for 12 h.