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Double Layered Chocolate Truffle Gateau ( Know Your Flours )

Tarla Dalal
06 December, 2024

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About Double Layered Chocolate Truffle Gateau ( Know Your Flours )
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Ingredients
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Methods
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Nutrient values
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If you are just preparing the basic chocolate sponge, you can serve it with chocolate and raspberry sauce or plain chocolate sauce .
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Preparation Time
10 Mins
Cooking Time
None Mins
Total Time
10 Mins
Makes
1 cake
Ingredients
For The Basic Chocolate Sponge Cake
125 gms plain flour (maida)
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tbsp drinking chocolate
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup condensed milk
4 tbsp melted butter or margarine
1 tsp vanilla essence
For The Dark Chocolate Truffle Icing
1/2 cup cream
1 cup chopped dark chocolate
For The White Chocolate Truffle Icing
1/4 cup cream
1/2 cup chopped white chocolate
To Be Mixed Into A Soaking Syrup
2 tbsp sugar
1/4 cup water
1/4 tsp vanilla essence
Method
- Sieve the flour, cocoa powder, drinking chocolate, baking powder and baking soda together.
- Add the condensed milk, melted butter, vanilla essence and 75 ml. Of water and mix well. The batter should be of dropping consistency.
- Pour the batter into a greased and dusted 175 mm. (7”) diameter tin.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200°c (400°f) for 10 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 180°c (360°f) and bake for further 15 minutes.
- The cake is baked when it leaves the sides of the tin and is spongy to touch.
- When ready, remove from the oven and leave aside for 1 minute. Invert the tin over a rack and tap to unmould the cake.
- Keep aside to cool.
- Heat the cream in a deep pan, add the dark chocolate and on a medium flame till it resembles a smooth sauce/ truffle, while stirring continuously.
- Remove and place the pan over a bowl of ice to cool the truffle, while stirring continuously, keep aside.
- Repeat the same procedure as for dark chocolate truffle icing and keep aside.
- Slice the chocolate sponge cake horizontally into three equal parts.
- Place one layer of the cake on a serving plate and sprinkle 1/3rd of the soaking syrup in order to make the cake moist.
- Spread half of the dark chocolate truffle icing evenly over the cake layer, and place the second layer of the cake on it.
- Moisten this cake layer 1/3rd of the soaking syrup.
- Spread the white chocolate truffle icing evenly over it and place the third layer of cake over it.
- Moisten this cake layer with the remaining soaking syrup and spread the remaining dark chocolate truffle icing on the top and the sides of the cake.
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Nutrient values (Abbrv)per plate
Energy | 3274 cal |
Protein | 61.7 g |
Carbohydrates | 335.9 g |
Fiber | 2 g |
Fat | 229 g |
Cholesterol | 110 mg |
Sodium | 741.2 mg |
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