Tuesday was Mr GG’s birthday so I had to make him a cake didn’t I?
After disregarding the information from our four-year-old that: “Daddy wants a chocolate cake in the shape of a snowboard on a rollerblade with sprinkles on top,” I set to work on Monday night to assemble the chocolate cake to beat all chocolate cakes.
Yes it was rich, yes there were probably 20,000 calories per slice, but hey – that’s what birthdays are for.
The finished construction was a two-layered chocolate gateaux, consisting of layers of death by chocolate sponge and a rich chocolate mousse, decorated with chocolate shavings, chocolate vermicelli and chocolate drops.
How disappointed was I when he took the leftovers into work today!
Death-by-chocolate gateaux
Buy it:
250g plain flour
50g the best cocoa powder (I use Green and Blacks)
1 mug boiling water
½ lemon
150g margarine or butter
200g golden caster sugar
1tsp baking powder
2 room temperature eggs
150ml double cream
150g marshmallows
300g dark chocolate, chopped (80 per cent cocoa is good)
A knob of butter
Chocolate decorations
Do it:
1. Pre-heat the oven to 190c and grease two 22cm sandwich tins.
2. Cream together the butter and sugar and then add the flour, cocoa and baking powder and mix.
3. Pour on the boiled water and lemon juice and mix.
4. Add the eggs and mix.
5. Pour the mixture equally between the sandwich tins and place in the middle of the oven for 30 minutes until the sponge springs back when pressed. Leave to cool completely
6. Make the mousse by melting the marshmallows and double cream on a low heat with the butter. When the marshmallows have melted take the mixture off the heat and add the chopped chocolate. Stir until smooth and allow to cool. Then, whisk with an electric handmixer until thickened and let the mixture set in the fridge.
7. Sandwich the cooled cakes together with the mousse and cover the top and sides with the mixture too.
8. Decorate with your choice of chocolates and decorations.
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