Chocolate Dessert

Salted chocolate madeira cakes

Name: Salted chocolate madeira cakes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 150g white chocolate, chopped; 1 1/2 cups (180g) pure icing sugar, sifted; 1-2 drops pink food colouring; 1 tbs black sea salt flakes; 250g unsalted butter, melted, cooled; 3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar; 3 eggs; 1 1/2 cups (225g) self-raising flour, sifted; 100g dark chocolate, finely chopped; 2 tsp sea salt flakes; 1/4 cup (25g) cocoa powder

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by Warren Mendes

delicious. team

Oct 15, 2015

These chocolate packed madeira cakes are perfect for afternoon tea entertaining.

150g white chocolate, chopped
1 1/2 cups (180g) pure icing sugar, sifted
1-2 drops pink food colouring
1 tbs black sea salt flakes

Salted-choc Madeira Cakes

250g unsalted butter, melted, cooled
3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups (225g) self-raising flour, sifted
100g dark chocolate, finely chopped
2 tsp sea salt flakes
1/4 cup (25g) cocoa powder

Method

1.

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease six 10cm x 5cm mini Kugelhopf pans.
2.

For cakes, combine all ingredients in a heatproof bowl. Divide among pans, then bake for 25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool slightly in pans. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Clean bowl.
3.

To make icing, place white chocolate, icing sugar and 2 tbs water in the cleaned dry bowl. Set bowl over a pan of simmering water (don’t let bowl touch water), stirring until melted. Remove from heat and stir through food colouring. Cool slightly.
4.

Drizzle icing over cakes and sprinkle with black salt flakes to serve.