if like sarah and myself you have resolved to start the new year on a healthier note in order to reign in the ever increasing waistline we have discovered a super recipe for a chocolate cake that is incredibly rich and chocolatey while being considerably less fattening than traditional chocolate cakes.
adapted from a recipe by the old goddess herself this recipe for buche de noel from nigella's 'feast' contains no fat or flour which has got to be a good thing.
nigella does it in a swiss roll tin and rolls it into a log; we made a traditional cake using 2 round 7" loose bottom tins. her icing is rich and buttery. we have fill it with a plain chocolate ganache which, made with low fat cream or soya cream and dark chocolate, adds decadence without being terribly wicked.
resolution chocolate cake
6 eggs seperated
150g caster sugar
2 tsp real vanilla extract
50g cocoa
preheat the oven to 180c.
line the tins with baking parchment or grease and flour them well.
in a large, clean bowl whisk the eggs whites until foamy and thick, add 50g of the sugar and whisk again until the egg whites hold a peak.
in a second large bowl whisk the yolks and remaining sugar until pale and thick. add the vanilla extract and sieve in the cocoa powder and gently fold into the mixture.
add a couple of good dollops of egg white into the yolk mixture and fold in gently. add the whites in a third at a time and fold in gently so as not to knock out the air.
pour the cake into the prepared tins and bake for 20 minutes. turn out to cool.
ganache icing
100g good dark chocolate (50 -70%)
300ml soya cream or low fat cream
adapted from a recipe by the old goddess herself this recipe for buche de noel from nigella's 'feast' contains no fat or flour which has got to be a good thing.
nigella does it in a swiss roll tin and rolls it into a log; we made a traditional cake using 2 round 7" loose bottom tins. her icing is rich and buttery. we have fill it with a plain chocolate ganache which, made with low fat cream or soya cream and dark chocolate, adds decadence without being terribly wicked.
resolution chocolate cake
6 eggs seperated
150g caster sugar
2 tsp real vanilla extract
50g cocoa
preheat the oven to 180c.
line the tins with baking parchment or grease and flour them well.
in a large, clean bowl whisk the eggs whites until foamy and thick, add 50g of the sugar and whisk again until the egg whites hold a peak.
in a second large bowl whisk the yolks and remaining sugar until pale and thick. add the vanilla extract and sieve in the cocoa powder and gently fold into the mixture.
add a couple of good dollops of egg white into the yolk mixture and fold in gently. add the whites in a third at a time and fold in gently so as not to knock out the air.
pour the cake into the prepared tins and bake for 20 minutes. turn out to cool.
ganache icing
100g good dark chocolate (50 -70%)
300ml soya cream or low fat cream
gently heat the cream in a saucepan. chop the chocolate into small pieces and add to the cream stir until chocolate is melted.
when cool spread onto one layer of the cake. place the other layer of the cake on top and dust generously with icing sugar.
if you can resist it long enough it is even better the next day....
if you can resist it long enough it is even better the next day....
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