Chocolate Sponge, Chocolate Glace Icing

Cakes

CHOCOLATE SPONGE

40 x 60g eggs, separated ¾ cup castor sugar

1 cup self raising flour, sifted

50g cooking chocolate, melted

3 tablespoons water

Cream Filling

300ml thickened cream

¼teaspoon cocoa 2 teaspoons honey

Icing

1 quantity Chocolate Glace Icing

1.Beat egg whites in the small mixing bowl on Speed 12 until stiff peaks form.

2.Gradually add sugar and beat until thick and glossy. Add egg yolks and beat well.

3.Sift flour

4.Divide mixture evenly between two greased, floured and base-lined 20cm cake pans.

5.Bake in a moderate oven 180ºC for 10-15 minutes or until cake springs back when touched and comes away slightly from the sides.

6.Cool for about 10 minutes, turn out and cool on rack.

7.Place Cream Filling ingredients into the cleaned small mixing bowl and beat on Speed 12 until soft peaks form.

8.When cake is cold, turn one sponge half over and spread with Cream Filling.

9.Cover top of other sponge half with Chocolate Glace Icing then place on top of Cream Filling.

Chocolate Glace Icing

2 cups icing sugar

1 tablespoon cocoa

20g butter, softened

1-2 tablespoons warm water

1.Sift icing sugar and cocoa together.

2.Combine with butter and water in the small mixing bowl and beat on Speed 1.

3.Increase to Speed 4 and mix until smooth and glossy.

4.Use immediately.

Sponge cakes are best served on the day made as they do not store well due to low fat content.

R15

BEM200 specifications

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Breville BEM200 Chocolate Sponge, Chocolate Glace Icing, Sift icing sugar and cocoa together

Models: BEM200