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Eight-Texture Chocolate Cake

Name: Eight-Texture Chocolate Cake
Ingredients: 325g dark chocolate, finely chopped; 500ml pure cream; 4 egg yolks; 75g caster sugar; ½ vanilla bean, split and scraped, save bean for another use; 3 egg whites; 60g dark chocolate; 40g milk chocolate; 40g caster sugar; 40ml water; 90ml pure cream; 1⁄2 vanilla bean, split and scraped, save bean for another use; Pinch of fine sea salt; 120g unsalted butter, cubed and kept at room temperature; 35g ground almonds; 90g hazelnuts, roasted, skinned and finely chopped; 8g dark cocoa powder, sifted; 4 egg whites; 110g caster sugar; 240g dark chocolate, finely chopped; 250g unsalted butter; 200g caster sugar; 4 whole eggs; 65g plain flour; 200g milk chocolate, finely chopped; 20g hazelnut and almond praline; 60g c 60g milk chocolate; 60g caster sugar; 60ml water; 250ml pure cream

Peter Gilmore

22 May 2012

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Ingredients

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Ingredients

Layer 2 - Chocolate Mousse

325gdark chocolate, finely chopped

500mlpure cream

4egg yolks

75gcaster sugar

½vanilla bean, split and scraped, save bean for another use

3egg whites

Layer 4 - Caramel, Vanilla and Chocolate Ganache

60gdark chocolate

40gmilk chocolate

40gcaster sugar

40mlwater

90mlpure cream

1⁄2 vanilla bean, split and scraped, save bean for another use

Pinch of fine sea salt

120gunsalted butter, cubed and kept at room temperature

Layer 5 - Chocolate and Hazelnut Dacquoise

35gground almonds

90ghazelnuts, roasted, skinned and finely chopped

8gdark cocoa powder, sifted

4egg whites

110gcaster sugar

Layer 1 - Cake base

240gdark chocolate, finely chopped

250gunsalted butter

200gcaster sugar

4whole eggs

65gplain flour

Layer 3 - Milk Chocolate Praline Discs

200gmilk chocolate, finely chopped

20ghazelnut and almond praline

Layer 6 - Chocolate Caramel Cream

60g c60g milk chocolate

60gcaster sugar

60mlwater

250mlpure cream

250mldouble cream, reserve for plating step 6

Layer 7 - Dark Chocolate Top Disc

200gdark chocolate, very finely chopped

Layer 8 - Hot Chocolate Sauce

75-90mlmilk

125gdark chocolate, very finely chopped

Method

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Tagged

EggsChocolateMilkCreamSugarFlourVanillaAlmondsCocoaAdult SupervisionCakesDessertChristmas

Recipe by Peter Gilmore. Originally published by Network 10 on 22 May 2012.

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