Double Chocolate Fudge Cakes (Gluten Free)
Makes 12 (although I only managed to get 10 full size ones and two itty bitty ones ::g::)
Ingredients
A fudge cake and its child ;) For scale, that plate is a side plate.
For the cake
- 200g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
- 100g unsalted butter, cubed
- 4 medium eggs
- 50g arrowroot or corn flour, sifted
- 175g icing sugar, sifted
- 25ml rum or milk
- 100g ground almonds
- 1/4 tspn cream of tartar
For the icing
- 100g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
- 50g creme fraiche
- 75g icing sugar
- something to decorate like sugared violets or silver balls or anything like that
Equipment
- a large mixing bowl
- a med heat proof bowl
- small saucepan
- metal spoon
- hand whisk
- rubber spatula
- 4cm deep, 20x30cm baking tray
- non-stick lining paper (greaseproof)
- 5cm diameter round cutter
Instructions
For the cake
- Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan/convection)
- Line the baking tray with the non-stick baking paper
- Melt the chocolate and butter in the heat proof bowl over the saucepan of simmering water.
- Turn melted chocolate into big mixing bowl and allow to cool
- Beat in two whole egg and two of the yolks, reserving the whites for later
- Beat in the arrowroot/cornflour, icing sugar, almonds and rum until smooth.
- Whisk the two egg whites with the cream of tartar until they reach the soft peaks stage
- Fold the egg whites into the chocolate mixture using a metal spoon
- Spoon mixture into the lined baking tray (the spatula is very useful for getting it all)
- Bake for 15 mins until barely set
- Leave to cool in the tray.
- Turn cold cake out onto a board and cut into 24 rounds with the 5cm cutter
For the icing
- Melt the chocolate in the heat proof bowl over the saucepan of simmering water
- Beat in the creme fraiche and the icing sugar until smooth (it may split slightly)
- Beat in a few teaspoons of boiling water until the consistency turns satiny.
- Working qucikly spoon a little of the icing onto each cake round, then stack two together to form 12 little cakes.
- Put on your decoration.
Please note, I am not sure how anyone can eat more than two bites of one of these at a time, they are lovely and gooey and rich and go beautifully with a cup of coffee ;)