Magie Noir Cake (A Black Wish)
(Makes one 24cm-diameter cake)
1 recipe Bavarian cream
1 recipe mousse chocolate
1 recipe chocolate sponge
chocolate for decoration
PLACE sponge at the bottom of the cake mould. Pour in the bavarian cream. Add another layer of sponge and top up with chocolate mousse. Decorate with chocolate.
Bavarian cream
Ingredients
190g milk
2 eggs
38g sugar
130g whipping cream
Combine eggs and sugar. Bring milk to a boil and pour into the egg mixture. Add cream and stir over fire until the mixture heats to 85?C.
Mousse chocolate
Ingredients
150g milk
75g egg yolk
25g sugar
180g chocolate
200g whipping cream
Combine egg yolk and sugar. Bring milk to the boil and pour into egg mixture. Heat mixture carefully to 85?C and cool down to 60?C. Fold in melted chocolate and whipping cream.
Chocolate sponge
Ingredients
2 eggs
40g sugar
33g cake flour
7g cocoa powder
13g butter (melted)
Beat eggs and sugar until frothy. Fold in melted butter, flour and cocoa powder. Pour into greased baking pan. Bake at 190?C for about 30 minutes.