Author Topic: Here's my recipe for 'Dark Chocolate Torte' (Read 2592 times)

OhLaLa · « **on:** May 25, 2011, 11:04:47 am »

Thought I'd share this with you - let me know what you think if you try it!

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Dark Chocolate Torte

Ingredients

250g dark chocolate
2 tbsp golden syrup
568ml carton double cream
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
cocoa powder, for dusting

Method:

1. Break the chocolate in small pieces into a large heatproof bowl. Spoon in the syrup and pour in about a quarter of the cream. Stand the bowl over (not in) a pan of hot water over the lowest possible heat and leave until the chocolate has melted, about 15-20 minutes. Remove the bowl from the pan and stir to combine. Leave until barely warm (dip your little finger in to check).

2. Get your cake tin ready. Do this whilst you are waiting for the chocolate to melt and cool so you're not hanging around. Cut out a disc to fit in the bottom of the tin and 3 strips to line the sides.

3. Pour the rest of the cream into a very large bowl and tip in the cinnamon. Whip until the cream thickens - when you shake the bowl the cream should wobble like a thick milkshake, and when you dribble some cream from the whisk, the trail it leaves in the cream below should disappear in 1-2 seconds.

4. Fold the two together. Pour the cooled chocolate into the bowl containing the cream. With the largest metal spoon you've got, fold the cream and chocolate together in a figure-of-eight motion. Don't be nervous - keep going until they are evenly and smoothly mixed and the mixture has a soft, pillowy, downy texture - you will see and feel it thicken as you fold.

5. Set the torte. Pour the chocolate cream into the tin and level the surface with the back of the spoon. Put the tin in the fridge and leave to firm up. This can happen in under an hour, but you may need to leave it longer, depending on the coldness of your fridge.

6. Unmould and serve. Invert a serving plate over the torte and turn the torte upside down on to it. Lift off the tin base. Dust all over with cocoa and serve in thin slices (with a drizzle of cream.........).