Chocolate Cake, Whisky Cream and Espresso Flavour Pearls

This recipe for Chocolate Cake, Whisky Cream and Espresso Flavour Pearls is a beauty. It contains 3 things that I really enjoy. Chocolate, Coffee and Alcohol! Yum 😋 It’s a simple flourless recipe that is pretty quick to whip up. Feel free to replace the Whisky with some Vanilla Bean Paste or essence in your Cream if you prefer to keep it alcohol free. And if life is just busy and baking isn’t on the agenda you could always buy a nice cake and enjoy the serving suggestion.

What you’ll need

• 200g Dark Chocolate – chopped or buttons
• 120g Butter – melt
• 150g Sugar
• 3 Eggs – room temperature
• Vanilla – dash
• 15g Cocoa Powder – sift please, it can be a little lumpy
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 190g Almond Meal
• 1 cup Thickened Cream
• Whisky – to taste
• Sugar – to taste
• Espresso Flavour Pearls

To do

Pop your oven onto 180c and grease and line a 20cm tin. We used a springform tin as it’s nice and easy to remove the cooked cake. Easy is always a good thing!

Melt the Chocolate and Butter together. Either using the Microwave or on the stove top. Take a look at this clip to show you how

Next

Using a whisk or hand mixer on low speed add the Sugar then Eggs and Vanilla to the melted Chocolate and Butter. Finally pop in the Almond meal, Cocoa powder and Baking Powder and mix until just combined. Pour the delicious batter into the lined cake tin. Bake for 30+ minutes. It is ready when the top has a bit of a crust and a skewer will come out cleanly if inserted into the centre.

Let the cake sit for a good 5 or so minutes before removing it from the tin to cool completely. 

To serve

Whip the thickened Cream with a little Sugar and splash of Whisky until nice and thick. I dusted my cake with Cocoa powder before serving. Icing Sugar would also be nice if you prefer a different look. 

Simply add a good dollop of whipped Whisky Cream onto each portion of cake and a generous spoonful of Espresso Flavour Pearls and enjoy. 

Until next time

From the Peninsula Larder Team

“Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake.” 

 – Unknown