Category: Cakes

Chocolate Crémeux Recipe

(above image from Gordons Restaurant with Rooms)

If you like chocolate, you’ll love this.

I’ve been asked for a recipe for something sweet and chocolatey, and this definitely fits the bill!

As you would expect using a better quality chocolate ends up with a better tasting desert.

Lets get to it!

Ingredients (serves 6-8)

For the base

  • 30g butter
  • 50g self raising flour
  • 30g demarara sugar
  • 1 or 2 tsp cocoa powder

For the filling

  • 1 egg
  • 100ml whipping cream
  • 150ml whole milk
  • 150g dark chocolate (min.70% cocoa solids)

Prep and Cooking (45+ minutes)

  1. First make the base, preheat the oven to 160-170°c (fan) and line a baking tray with baking paper and place a tart ring on top (if you don’t have a tart ring you can use the outer part of a cake tin that holds the base in place).
  2. Mix the butter, sugar, flour and cocoa powder to make a crumble and layer over the bottom of the tart ring to create the base, cook for 10-15 minutes, remove from oven and leave to cool.
  3. Now for the filling, make a bain marie with a bowl and saucepan of water to melt the chocolate in, whilst it’s melting bring the milk and cream to a boil and beat the egg in a seperate bowl.
  4. As the milk and cream comes up to boil remove it from the heat and slowly pour it over the egg whilst whisking constantly, then slowly pour this into the chocolate mixture whilst whisking.
  5. Pour the mixture over the base, cover with cling film and refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
  6. Enjoy! try not to put yourself ito a diabetic coma with these things..

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Syrup mug cake recipe

I only discovered these things a while ago and they’re great!

With the use of a microwave these mug cakes take a grand total of about 4-5 minutes to make.

To the recipe!

Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 50g butter
  • 30g caster sugar
  • 50g self raising flour
  • 4-8 tbsp golden syrup

Equipment

  • A mug
  • Small mixing bowl
  • Scales
  • Wooden spoon
  • Microwave

Prep and cooking (5 minutes)

  1. Weigh the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat with a wooden spoon until pale and creamy.
  2. Add the egg and beat well until combined with the butter and sugar.
  3. Sift the flour (if you have a sieve) and mix well until you have a nice cake batter, add 2-4tbsp of golden syrup and mix well. If it’s really (too) thick add a little milk.
  4. Rub a little butter or oil around the inside of the mug the put another 2-4 tbsp of golden syrup in the bottom of the mug.
  5. Fill the mug with the cake batter, it should be somewhere around 1/3 full.
  6. This part depends on your microwave because let’s face it, they’re all different. I find it usually takes about a minute and a half on full power (850w) but you’ll have to experiment.
  7. When it’s done go round the edges with a knife or pallet knife and turn it out onto a plate.
  8. Enjoy!

Costing

61p per cake

As you can see the most costly part is the butter, if you substitute this for a plant/oil based spread it can cut the cost to as little as 41p per cake.

Nutrition

Nutritional values per cake, as you can see it packs quite a calorific punch🤛.

Here the nutrition info per cake if you’re using a plant/oil spread instead of butter, not much budge though it’s about 20kcal less than butter, the biggest difference is the amount of fat but that only just over a gram.

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