Chocolate and Hazelnut Cake with Summer Fruits
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Chocolate and Hazelnut Cake with Summer Fruits
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An indulgent treat, perfect for a posh tea party
Ingredients
- 100g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
- 500g bag frozen summer fruits
- 100g plain chocolate, broken into chunks
- 3 eggs, separated
- 75g caster sugar
- 5 tbsp cocoa powder, sifted
- 4 tbsp plain flour, sifted
- 50g roasted, chopped hazelnuts
- icing sugar, to dust
- double cream or creme fraiche, to serve
Preparation:
20
Cook Time:
30
Total Time:
50min
Directions
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- Preheat the oven to //gas mark Butter the base and sides of a -cm/n cake tin and line the bottom with baking paper.
- Heat the summer fruits in a saucepan or microwave until soft. Press through a sieve with a wooden spoon to extract as much juice as possible. Discard the solids, reserving the juice.
- Melt the chocolate and butter together in a bowl over a pan of simmering water, stirring. (Or you can do this in a microwave, but be careful not to overheat it.)
- Using a balloon whisk, whisk the egg yolks and sugar until pale and creamy. Sift in the cocoa powder and flour, followed by the melted chocolate and butter and mix together using a large metal spoon.
- Pour in HALF of the summer fruit juice then mix in the chopped hazelnuts.
Source: Terry Farris
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