Chocolate Lime Cake

Chocolate Lime Cake

Posted 2016-03-05 by Bastion Harrisonfollow


Chocolate and lime go very well together. This is my own recipe I made for a colleague's birthday party at work, and it is lovely and creamy

Preparation Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Makes: 12 - 16 servings

Ingredients
200g dark chocolate
300g White chocolate
300g creme fraiche
100g margarine
100g muscovado sugar
75g self-raising wholemeal flour
50g ground almonds
5 eggs
2 limes
Chocolate balls for decorating (optional)

Method



  • Zest and juice the limes.



  • Melt the dark chocolate over a pan of hot water, stir in the margarine, and then allow to cool.
  • Pre-heat the oven to 180 & #3872 ;C/160 & #3872 ;C/375 & #3872 ;F/5 Gas.



  • Separate the eggs, beat in the sugar, and then stir into the chocolate ganache, along with the lime zest and half the juice.



  • Fold in the flour and ground almonds.

  • Whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks and then fold into the mixture.



  • Divide the mixture into two sandwich tins and bake in the oven for twenty minutes.



  • Melt the white chocolate over a pan of hot water, stir in the creme fraiche, and then put the ganache in the fridge for 30 minutes - 1 hour.



  • Turn one of the cakes upside down and spread 1/3 of the ganache over the top.
  • Place the other cake on top.



  • Cover the cake in the remaining white ganache, and decorate with chocolate balls.
  • Put in the fridge to set.

  • Categories
    #cake
    #chocolate
    #birthday
    #white_chocolate
    #lime

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    227543 - 2023-07-17 10:28:15

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