Truffe au Chocolat
|A really quick, almost a cheats Truffle Cake.
Try adding liqueur like Creme de menth to the chocolate filling or Espresso or Orange juice and a measure of Drambuie.
Preparation time: 20-30 minutes Quantity: Serves 10-12
Ingredients
1 sheet chocolate sponge (genoise)
80 ml/2 floz dark rum
80 ml/2 floz stock syrup
550 ml/ 1 pint whipping cream
300g dark 70% cocoa chocolate
Method
- Cut the sponge the size of a suitable dish/tin
- Mix the stock syrup (boiled water and sugar-cooled) with the rum
- Brush on to the sponge base
- Whip up the cream
- Meanwhile melt the chocolate
- Add both together gently as not to loose air/lightness
- Spoon on to the base, smooth of the top
- Dust with cocoa
- Set in the fridge-till needed
- Cut with a clean warmed knife