One of Caroline’s little
friends from kindergarten, Bille, became a big brother this week. That’s a big
thing when you are 4 years old, and Caroline suggested that we should make Bille a
cake to take home to his newborn sister. I could think of no good excuse for
not making a cake.
The cake consisted of two
layers of chocolate mousse between three layers of thin cocoa cake sheets and covered
in 1:1 ganach and marzipan. The decorations including the princess crown were
made out of fondant.
Thin cocoa cake sheets:
2 eggs whisked white with
80 grams of sugar + 40 grams of flour, 30 grams of cocoa powder, a pinch of
salt, ½ tea spoon vanilla sugar and ½ tea spoon baking powder. Spread out on
baking paper covered baking tray and bake for 6-8 minutes at 200 degrees).
Chocolate mousse:
150
grams of chocolate melted in water bath. Add 2 egg yokes. Carefully add 2 egg
whites whisked stiff with 1 table spoon sugar. Whip 2 dl cream and add to
chocolate.
1:1 chocolate ganach:
200
ml of boiling cream poured over 200 grams chopped dark chocolate. Let sit for a
little while, then stir until smooth. Let chill until it has the same feel as
soft butter. Cover the cake and let chill before covering the cake in marzipan
or fondant.
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