Chocolate Truffle Cake With Fresh Fruit Tart

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 140 g wheat flour
• 4 eggs
• 200 g sugar
• 70 g cocoa powder
• 225 g dark chocolate
• 1/2 cup fresh cream
• 600 g wheat flour
• 5 g salt
• 200 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 400 g butter
• 1 liter milk
• 100 g custard powder
• 200 g sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c.
• 2 line a baking tray with grease proof paper (non-stick paper).
• 3 in a wide bowl, beat the eggs, one at a time, until light and fluffy.
• 4 fold in the sugar and mix well.
• 5 add the cocoa powder and mix well.
• 6 fold in the wheat flour and mix thoroughly.
• 7 bake at 180c i.e. until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. this takes 40 to 50 minutes. note: if you are using 2 cake tins, 20 to 30 minutes may be enough.
• 8 remove the cake from the tray.
• 9 cut into three layers.
• 10 now, apply a layer of chocolate truffle, between each layer of cake.
• 11 cool the cake completely.
• 12 once the cake is down to room temperature, refrigerate it for 30 minutes.
• 13 remove the cake from the tin (note: the cake is sticky and difficult to cut when it is warm).
• 14 carefully, remove the crusted surface on the top of the cake.
• 15 add the cream as a frosting.
• 16 serve with a smile.
• 17 to prepare the tart:.
• 18 firstly, to prepare the crust, beat the egg in a wide bowl.
• 19 add butter and sugar and mix well. allow it to become a creamy mixture.
• 20 fold in the wheat flour and stir it slowly.
• 21 to prepare the custard, in a pot, boil milk alongwith sugar.
• 22 add the custard powder and mix well till it turns into a thick paste.
• 23 pour the paste into the tart moulds.
• 24 bake at 180c for 10 to 15 minutes.
• 25 remove from the oven.
• 26 allow it to cool.
• 27 once cooled, add the whipped cream and stir it so that there are no knots.
• 28 decorate with assorted fruits and serve.
• 29 enjoy!