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Roos Mestdagh
What on earth do you do with that excess of Easter eggs? This cake contains chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. ‘Good food based on your mood’, that is the subtitle of The Kitchen of Sou, the first book by food blogger Soumia Aattaoui. Making this cake requires patience and love, but you will be half a kilo of Easter eggs lighter.
For 6 people:
3 eggs
440 g granulated sugar
300 ml buttermilk
285 g of flour
180 ml coffee
160 ml sunflower oil
90 g cocoa powder
1 sachet of baking powder (15 g)
1 sachet of vanilla sugar (8 g)
1 tbsp vegetable or butter
1 tsp salt
for the ganache
450 g dark chocolate (55%)
350 g butter
200 ml whipped cream
Pinch of salt
Preparation:
For the cake
1. Preheat the oven to 175 °C. Grease 3 round baking tins of approx. 20 centimeters with butter and sprinkle some cocoa powder over them, so that the cakes do not stick in the tin.
2. Place the flour, salt, baking powder, cocoa powder, granulated and vanilla sugar in a large bowl. Mix with a whisk.
3. Place the coffee, buttermilk, eggs and sunflower oil in another bowl. Mix with a whisk. You won’t taste the buttermilk in the cake at all.
4. Combine the contents of the bowls. Mix until a nice and smooth batter.
5. Divide the batter among the 3 baking tins. If necessary, weigh the batter to make sure it is evenly distributed.
6. Bake the cakes at the same time in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Let the cakes cool in the baking tin for 10 minutes. Then carefully remove the cakes and let them cool completely.
For the ganache
1. Heat all the ingredients for the chocolate ganache in a saucepan over a low heat. Let it melt while stirring.
2. Pour the ganache into a bowl and let cool at room temperature for 1 hour. You will notice that it becomes much thicker. Isn’t that the case? Then let it cool a little longer, not every room temperature is the same.
Finish
1. Place 1 cake on a cake stand and spread the top with a layer of chocolate ganache.
2. Place the second cake on top and cover the top with the ganache again.
3. Place the third cake on top of the second and spread the top and sides of the entire cake with the ganache.
Do you want to get the same effect as in the photo? Place the cake on a rotating platform and turn it slowly while using a wide spatula to create spirals in the ganache. Don’t have a turntable? Then make other figures in the ganache with a spatula. Create your own work of art!
Recept: Soumia Aattaoui
Photo: Roos Mestdagh
