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| Chocolate Mayonnaise Gateau |
Preparation Time: 1 Hour
Ingredients
For the cake
150 gm dark chocolate
125 gm butter
450 gm powdered sugar
50 gm cocoa
275 gm floor
225 gm mayonnaise
1 tsp vanilla essence
225 ml water
For the Icing
280 gm sugar
365 gm chocolate chopped
For the topping
1 tin cherries
5 tbsp melted apple jam
1 tbsp of water
Method
Grease, line and flour a 10 inch round or square pan.
Sift the flour, cocoa and banking powder into a large bowl.
Put the chocolate, butter, sugar, water, and vanilla into a bowl and microwave till melted or heat in a pan over low heat till melted. Cool to room temperature.
Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients. Put in the mayonnaise and pour in the chocolate mixture.Gently beat the ingredients together till you have a smooth mixture.
Pour into pan and bake at 180 degree C for 40- 50 minutes.
Cool in the pan for 30 minutes. Invert onto the serving tray and peel off the butter paper.
Cool for an hour. Wrap in cling film and store in the refrigerator.
For the Icing
Boil sugar in 220ml water.
Add chopped chocolate; bring to a boil till the chocolate melts, stirring all the time ( thick, thread stage on a thermometer 110 degree C)
Take off fire and strain. Pour half onto a marble slab and work on it (using a palette knife make left right motions) for 5 min till thick.
Pour it back into the pot and stir well. Then pour it onto the cold cake. Spread around the sides and set.
For the topping
Cover the entire surface of the cake with canned cherries.
glaze with a mixture of melted apple jam and water to give the cake a good shine.
Serves 12 - 15