Recipe: The Ultimate Chocolate Cake

Composition

For 3 cakes of 16 cm

1. Biscuit
2. Creamy
3. Milk Mousse
4. Glaze

Biscuit

• 500 g of Tegral Satin Cream Cake Cacoa
• 175 g of Eggs
• 150 g of Oil
• 115 g of Water 

Creamy

• 125 g of Festipak
• 125 g of Milk
• 50 g of Egg Yolks
• 50 g of Bavarois Neutral
• 190 g of Carat Coverlux Dark
• 1 tea bag of Earl Grey Tea
• 3 pcs of Star Anis

Milk Mousse

• 250 g of Festipak
• 75 g of Bavarois Neutral
• 250 g of Carat Coverlux Milk
• 375 g of Chantypak

Glaze

• 150 g of Festipak
• 250 g of Glucose
• 500 g of Miroir L'original Neutre
• 150 g of Carat Coverlux Dark
• 350 g of Carat Coverlux Milk
• 15 g of Gelatin

Biscuit

1. Mix all ingredients together for 5 min.
2. Spread on a silpat. Bake at 180°C for 8 to 10 min.

Creamy

1. Bring the Festipak and the milk to a boil, infuse the tea and star anis for 10 min, strain, add the egg yolk and cook to 85°C.
2. Pour over the Bavarois Neutral and the Carat Coverlux Dark.
3. Use an immersion blender to obtain a good emulsion.

Milk Mousse

1. Boil the Festipak.
2. Pour over the Carat Coverlux and the Bavarois Neutral.
3. Use an immersion blender to obtain a good emulsion.
4. Cool down to 40°C.
5. Fold the lightly whipped Chantypak.

Glaze

1. Boil the Festipak and the glucose.
2. Add the pre-soaked gelatin in ice-cold water.
3. Pour over the Carat Coverlux.
4. Use an immersion blender to obtain a good emulsion and to remove air bubbles from the glaze.
5. Use at 35 to 40°C. Best to make the glaze 1 day before using.

Build Up

1. Cut 6 discs of 14 cm of the Tegral Satin Cream Cake Cocoa.
2. Prepare 3 rings of 14 cm with acetate, with a disc of Tegral Satin Cream Cake Cocoa in each one.
3. Pour 180 g of the Carat Creamy on top of each disc.
4. Cover the creamy with a second disc of Satin Cocoa and freeze overnight.
5. Prepare 3 rings of 16 cm with acetate (build the cake upside-down).
6. Make the Milk Carat Coverlux mousse and pour the mousse half-way in the ring.
7. Push the insert into the mousse.
8. Freeze overnight.
9. Glaze the cake and add the Carat Coverlux Milk diamond shape decoration.