Tim Tam Cake (Chocolate sponge recipe from Gourmet Traveller, serves 10) NOTE: To beginner bakers, if you are unfamiliar with sponge recipes you might want to read up on some tips on how to make a successful sponge cake before starting. Gourmet Traveller has a great article. If you prefer a higher cake to icing ratio, double the quantities below for the cake batter. You can also substitute the cake recipe for any light chocolate cake that you are more comfortable making. 4 large eggs 110g (½ cup) caster (superfine) sugar 65g cornflour (cornstarch) 35g (¼ cup) Good quality cocoa powder 1 tbsp plain flour 1 tsp cream of tartar ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda 50g unsalted butter, melted and cooled For the cake filling: 100g butter, removed from the fridge 30 minutes before starting 150g chocolate, melted (I used semi-sweet, you can also use milk) 3 cups icing sugar, sifted 1 tbsp milk Optional: 1 packet of Tim Tam biscuits, crushed (If you wanted to mix things up a bit so its not just all chocolate, you could mix a cup of raspberries into this icing, or maybe use mint chocolate instead?) For the chocolate ganache topping: 300ml pouring cream (min. 35% milk fat pure cream) 400g milk chocolate (I only had 200g milk so I had to use some dark, which is why my ganache is a bit darker than I would prefer for a tim tam) Line two 17x27cm rectangular slice/brownie tins, or one larger sheet cake tin with non-stick baking paper. (I actually only had one small tin, so I split all the ingredients in half and baked two separate cakes one after the other and it worked great!) Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Whisk eggs and sugar in an electric mixer until thick and pale (5-6 minutes, go nuts and dont underwhip). Sift over cornflour, cocoa, flour, cream of tartar and bicarb soda, fold in with spatula. Fold in butter, spoon into prepared tin. Bake in centre of oven until the centre of the cake springs back when lightly pressed (10-12 minutes). Turn onto baking paper covered wire rack and cool completely. (If you baked one large cake, cut into two equal sized rectangular cakes)
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:10:56 +0000
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