Chestnut Chocolate Cake Recipe

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A chocolate chestnut cake

Ingredients

Sponge

  • 180 g of chocolate sponge mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 45 ml of milk
  • 45 g of butter (melted)

    • Chocolate cream

  • 200 g of chocolate broken into pieces
  • 2 tbsp of butter
  • 200 g of fresh cream (whipped)

    • Filling

  • 100 g of water chestnut (chopped)
  • 100 g of roasted chestnut (chopped)

    • Preparation

    1. To make sponge cake, preheat oven to 180°C; line bottom of a 18cm (7-cin) cake tin with greaseproof paper.
    2. Beat sponge mix, eggs and milk in a mixer with high speed until light and fluffy.
    3. Turn to low speed, fold in melted butter until well blended.
    4. Spread batter into prepared tin and bake for 30 minutes.
    5. Remove from oven and cool completely.
    6. Split into 3 layers.
    7. To make chocolate cream, bring chocolate and butter to melt.
    8. Remove and leave to cool.
    9. Fold in whipped cream form chocolate cream.
    10. Spread chocolate cream onto a slice of cake, follow with mixed of chestnuts.
    11. Spread with some chocolate cream and sandwich with another slice of cake.
    12. Continue layering until finished.
    13. Pare the edge of cake to form a semi-circular shape.
    14. Coat cake with cream thinly and pipe chocolate cream over the cake.
    15. Garnish as desired.

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