Chocolate - Strawberry Mascarpone Cake
By: AngellovesCooking
Published: Monday, May 2, 2011 - 11:41am

Ingredients




Ingredients:
For Biscuit:
3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup all purpose flour
3 tablespoons cocoa
100 grams quality dark chocolate
1/3 cup icing sugar
3 tablespoons morello cherry brandy (or rum, brand
For Cream:
10 grams (1 packet) gelatin
4 tablespoons cold water
50 milliliters milk
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
250 grams Mascarpone cheese
2 egg whites
2/3 cup (for fans of a sweeter cream) icing sugar
1 cup sweetened cream (or whipped cream 150 g)
For Topping:
200 grams frozen strawberries, 50 ml water and 2- 3 tablespoons sugar
5 grams (1/ 2 packet) gelatin
3 tablespoons cold water
500 grams fresh strawberries

Preparation

1 The Biscuit: 2 Preheat oven to 180° C. 3 Cover the bottom of 22 cm spring form with baking paper. Spread with plenty of butter the paper and ring sides of the form and set aside. 4 In a small bowl or cup, mix icing sugar and morello cherry brandy (or preferences alcohol), stir well and set aside. 5 Break chocolate into pieces and place in a heat-resistant bowl. Pour a little water in a saucepan and place the bowl over the pan (making sure that water does not touch bottom of bowl). Set the pan over a gentle heat and warm the water until the chocolate has melted. Take off the heat and leave to cool slightly. 6 In another bowl mix eggs and sugar and beat with a mixer to foam for 5 minutes. 7 In a dry bowl, mix the flour and cocoa and add the mixture to melted chocolate, mix well - until chocolate form... Gradually add chocolate crumbs  to egg mixture and again mix well. 8 Pour the dough into the prepared spring form and bake in preheated to 180° C oven for about 20 minutes. 9 Leave to cool in the spring form on a wire rack. Spray the warm but not hot biscuit with sweetened cherry-brandy and set aside. 10 The Cream: 11 Soak for 5 minutes, 10 g gelatine in 3-4 tablespoons cold water. Warm the milk and add vanilla extract. Add the soaked gelatine to the warm milk and stir until completely dissolved. 12 In a bowl mix the mascarpone cheese and flavored milk and mix well. 13 In heat-resistant bowl, mix egg whites and powdered sugar and beat with a mixer over a double boiler, as do not let the water to boil, but simmer gently for about 4-5 minutes. Dip finger from time to time into the mixture and shortly before it gets hot - remove to prevent it cooking. Continue beating with mixer for another 5-8 minutes - or until soft picks form. Allow to cool and gradually add to Mascarpone cheese mixture. Stir well. 14 Pour the mousse over the biscuit, flatten it well and refrigerate for about 2 hours. 15 The Topping: 16 Place frozen strawberries in a saucepan and add 50 ml of water. Gently simmer for 10 minutes. Strain the strawberry compote through fine sieve into a bowl. 17 Soak the gelatine in 5 g 2-3 tablespoons cold water for 5 minutes, and dissolve in the warm strawberry compote and leave to cool. 18 Assemble the Cake: 19 Remove the cake from the refrigerator and arrange over the cream layer fresh strawberries to your prefernce - whole, halved, sliced ... 20 Pour thoroughly over the strawberries the cooled strawberry compote and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. 21 Once the jelly is tight, carefully run a sharp knife between cake and sides of the spring form and remove the ring. Place the cake onto a suitable cake plate. Store the cake in the refrigerator right before serving. 22 Serve the cake chilled as a dessert, with preferred hot or cold drink or : ) or merely indulge it...

About


Very airy and impressive cake, with an amazingly balanced taste - that you can safely use for an excuse to "Eat dessert first" ;)