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Hazelnut sponge with chocolate-raspberry cream

Hazelnut sponge with chocolate-raspberry cream

Serves 10

Cooking Time Prep time 20 mins, cook 30 mins



190 gm   plain flour, plus extra for dusting
50 gm   hazelnut meal
80 gm   butter, melted and cooled, plus extra for brushing
8   eggs, at room temperature
220 gm   (1 cup) caster sugar
130 gm   good-quality raspberry jam, melted with 40ml raspberry liqueur, cooled, for brushing
Chocolate-raspberry cream
250 ml   (1 cup) pouring cream
150 gm   dark chocolate (54% cocoa solids), melted
20 ml   raspberry liqueur
70 gm   raspberries, lightly crushed, plus extra whole raspberries, to serve


1 Preheat oven to 160C. Process flour and hazelnut meal in a food processor to combine, then triple-sift and set aside. Follow method for basic sponge cake, bake until centre springs back when pressed with your fingertip (25-30 minutes), cool as above.
2 Meanwhile, for chocolate-raspberry cream, whisk cream, chocolate and liqueur in an electric mixer until soft peaks form (3-4 minutes, don’t over-whisk or mixture will split). Fold in raspberries, refrigerate until starting to firm (10-15 minutes).
3 Brush one cake half with jam mixture, spread with chocolate-raspberry cream, sandwich with remaining half, dust with cocoa and serve with extra raspberries.

This recipe is from the September 2009 issue of Australian Gourmet Traveller.

RECIPE Emma Knowles PHOTOGRAPHY Ben Dearnley STYLING Emma Knowles


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