Orange Chocolate Mont Blanc Shortcake
- 1 Egg
- 40 grams Caster sugar
- 25 grams Cake flour
- 5 grams Cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp Milk
- 10 grams Unsalted butter
- 100 grams Heavy cream (dairy)
- 10 grams Sugar
- 30 grams Sweet chocolate
- 30 grams Water
- 10 grams Sugar
- 1 Orange
- 1 Cocoa powder
- Make the sponge cake.
- Add the egg white to a bowl.
- Add the sugar little by little while whipping until firm with a hand mixer.
- Switch to a rubber spatula and add in the egg yolk at once.
- Mix together.
- Add in the sifted ingredients in 2-3 batches and use a rubber spatula to cut in without kneading.
- Add the next batch right before the the previous batch completely blends in.
- Heat the milk and butter together in the microwave.
- Add a small amount of the batter from Step 3 and mix in.
- Return Step 4 into the bowl and mix in well.
- The batter is ready once it's thick like ribbons.
- Line a pound cake mold with parchment paper and pour in the batter.
- Rap it against the counter 2-3 times to release air bubbles.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes in a 170C oven.
- As soon as it has finished baking, drop it from a height to prevent it from collapsing.
- Remove it from the mold and turn it upside down, with the parchment paper still on, to cool.
- Scrape off the browned surfaces on the top and bottom with a knife.
- Slice into 3 equal pieces.
- Peel off the skin of the orange with a knife.
- Neatly remove the seeds.
- Set aside some slices for the decoration.
- The rest will be for the filling, so cut diagonally.
- Mix together the heavy cream and the sugar and whip until soft peaks form.
- Add in the melted chocolate and whip until firm to make the filling.
- Put the syrup ingredients in a container and heat in the microwave until the sugar dissolves.
- Let cool.
- Spread the syrup onto the bottom layer of cake with a pastry brush.
- Then spread the heavy cream.
- Place the center piece of cake on top and spread more syrup.
- Spread on some cream and lay the orange pieces.
- Thickly spread on more cream to cover the oranges.
- Top with the last layer of sponge cake.
- Spread some syrup on the top surface and thinly spread on some cream.
- Place the remaining cream into a piping bag with a mont blanc style piping tip.
- Pipe on the mont blanc topping.
- Cool in the refrigerator.
- Dust the top surface with cocoa powder, cut the cake into 5 pieces, decorate, and it's finished!
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egg, sugar, flour, cocoa, milk, butter, heavy cream, sugar, sweet chocolate, water, sugar, orange, cocoa
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/170952-orange-chocolate-mont-blanc-shortcake (may not work)