This post is a little tardy...it's the fourth week of Easter, and this cake was dessert at the Resurrection. Whoops!
I have an internal definition for easy cakes vs. hard cakes. Easy cakes are ones that do not require eggs being separated and egg whites foamed. I lately made an addendum to that rule; chopping chocolate also makes a recipe hard, or at least not-easy. Yet, I can't bring myself to call this a hard recipe because that would be blaspheming against the domestic goddess. Yes, Nigella Lawson is the Domestic Goddess, and this divine confection is her Chocolate Cloud Cake. It's impressively elegant in its apparent simplicity and the overall gorgeous effect vs the chocolate-chopping and egg-foaming effort puts it in the not-really-that-hard category.
It's a flourless chocolate cake, the Grand Marnier is optional in both the cake and whipped
cream. I sprinkled perles craquantes Valrhona (it's what it says on the bottom of the container. I think it roughly translates to "crunchy pearls" - they're like chocolate coated Rice Krispies®) on top for decoration. Here's a picture of the unfilled cake:
This picture is up here because it demonstrates my slightly- increasing skill in Photoshop :) I removed a portion of an aluminum foil box from the photo. If you look closely, I'm sure you'll be able to tell where and still see remnants of the box I didn't remove.
I have an internal definition for easy cakes vs. hard cakes. Easy cakes are ones that do not require eggs being separated and egg whites foamed. I lately made an addendum to that rule; chopping chocolate also makes a recipe hard, or at least not-easy. Yet, I can't bring myself to call this a hard recipe because that would be blaspheming against the domestic goddess. Yes, Nigella Lawson is the Domestic Goddess, and this divine confection is her Chocolate Cloud Cake. It's impressively elegant in its apparent simplicity and the overall gorgeous effect vs the chocolate-chopping and egg-foaming effort puts it in the not-really-that-hard category.
It's a flourless chocolate cake, the Grand Marnier is optional in both the cake and whipped
cream. I sprinkled perles craquantes Valrhona (it's what it says on the bottom of the container. I think it roughly translates to "crunchy pearls" - they're like chocolate coated Rice Krispies®) on top for decoration. Here's a picture of the unfilled cake:This picture is up here because it demonstrates my slightly- increasing skill in Photoshop :) I removed a portion of an aluminum foil box from the photo. If you look closely, I'm sure you'll be able to tell where and still see remnants of the box I didn't remove.
1 comment:
2 fine looking cakes. Bravo! I would definitely scarf those choco-covered krispies by the handful.
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