Specially designed this cake for a colleague birthday, she like Earl Grey so what better way to celebrate her birthday by making her a very earl grey flavored cake. The Earl Grey infused mousse is accompanied by a rich dark chocolate sponge at the bottom, the flavour of the dark chocolate and the Earl Grey compliment each other very well I must say.
Recipes (makes one 10 inch round cake)
For the chocolate sponge
125g Plain flour
pinch of salt
118g Cocoa powder
1/3 tsp Baking powder
1/3 tsp Baking soda
1/3 cup Butter milk
1 Egg
42g Melted butter
1/3 cup Earl Grey tea
Method
- Preheat oven 160 degree C and prepare a 10 inch round cake ring
- Sift all dry ingredient together
- Mix the egg and buttermilk
- Melt butter and add to tea
- Add the butter/tea to the buttermilk mixture
- Pour liquid to the dry ingredient and mix till just combine, do not over mix
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, till stick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Remove and cool in the ring.
For the Earl Grey Mousse
180g Milk
180g Cream
31g Earl Grey tea leave
60g Egg yolk
90g Sugar
15g Lemon juice
7g Gelatin (soak in about 3 tbsp of cold water)
290g Whipped cream
- Bring the milk, cream and tea leave to a boil and leave to infuse for 5 min.
- Strain mixture and weight out 270g
- Mix egg yolk with sugar and lemon.
- Pour into tea mixture
- Return to pot and cook gently till 85 degree C
- Add soaked gelatin, once gelatin dissolved, strain and cool to 30 degree C
- Fold in whipped cream
Assembly
- Trim the cake and lay in the bottom of a 10 inch cake ring
- Pour the mousse over the cake
- Set in the fridge over night
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