Individual chocolate cake

MINI CAKE, MAXIMUM TASTE
Light and refreshing with delicate notes of citrus and fruit. Lluís Costa revamps one of his most successful chocolate cakes, now in miniature form.

Recipe

Created by
  • Lluís Costa -
  1. chocolate and vanilla crème
  2. exotic compote
  3. Lennix chocolate mousse
  4. chocolate sponge cake
  5. assembly

chocolate and vanilla crème

ingredients preparation
  • 175g
    milk
  • 175g
    cream
  • 40g
    inverted sugar syrup
  • 75g
    egg yolks
  • 110g
    CHD-Q84TOBA
  • 60g
    CHM-P3303SANK
  • 3pod(s)
    vanilla
  • 4g
    leaf gelatine
  • Infuse the vanilla pods with the milk and cream.
  • Strain and mix with the yolks and syrup.
  • Heat up to 82 °C.
  • Incorporate the gelatine leaves and create an emulsion with the chocolate.
  • Mould with 25 g per mould, with a diameter of 3 centimetres.

exotic compote

ingredients preparation
  • 22g
    glucose
  • 42g
    sugar
  • 135g
    passion fruit purée
  • 135g
    mango puree
  • 50g
    Banana purée
  • 30g
    lime puree
  • 4g
    NH pectin
  • 8g
    sugar
  • 1g
    leaf gelatine
  • Heat the glucose up to 40 °C, together with the sugar and purées.
  • Once the mixture reaches 40 °C, add the sugar mixed with the pectin.
  • Simmer.
  • Place 25 g into a mould with a diameter of 3 cm.

Lennix chocolate mousse

ingredients preparation
  • 250g
    CHD-T55LENNIX
  • 290g
    cream
  • 1g
    gelatin leaves
  • 375g
    whipped cream
  • Soak the gelatine leaves to rehydrate them.
  • Heat up the crème anglaise and add the previously melted coating and the gelatine leaves.
  • Mix from the inside outwards to create a smooth, shiny emulsion.
  • When the mixture reaches 42 °C, add the whipped, foamy cream.

chocolate sponge cake

ingredients preparation
  • 247g
    marzipan
  • 45g
    sugar
  • 278g
    eggs
  • 53g
    all-purpose flour
  • 4g
    Baking powder
  • 25g
    DCP-20R03-CV
  • 50g
    cocoa paste
  • 75g
    butter
  • Beat the marzipan together with the eggs and sugar.
  • In a separate bowl, mix together the cocoa with the flour and baking powder.
  • Melt the cocoa paste and create an emulsion with the butter.
  • Once the eggs have been well beaten, incorporate the sifted ingredients, mix gently and add the mixture to the butter and cocoa paste.
  • Roll out into sheets with a thickness of 1 centimetre.
  • Cut into discs with a diameter of 3 centimetres.
  • Bake at 200 °C for 12 minutes.

assembly

  • Pour the chocolate mousse into a ring with a diameter of 5 centimetres.
  • Insert the frozen disc of chocolate crème and the gel.
  • Add a little more mousse and finish off with the chocolate sponge.
  • Once the tart has been well frozen, glaze it and decorate.

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