Baking · Finnish

Queen's Chocolate Cake

Name: Queen's Chocolate Cake
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Finnish
Ingredients: 100 g butter or margarine; 2 eggs; 2 dl sugar; 1 dl wheat flour; 0.75 dl cocoa powder dark; 1 tsp leavening agent (baking powder); 1 tsp vanilla sugar; 1.5 dl lactose-free whipping cream; 200 g baking milk chocolate; 5 dl fresh raspberries and blueberries; 1 dl diluted berry juice; 0.5 dl gelling sugar (hyytelösokeri)

A chocolate-frosted chocolate cake is a wonderful dessert or treat for the coffee table. The cake is decorated with fresh berries and a glaze.

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Machine-translated, original language: Suomi.

Cook 1 h 15 minTotal 1 h 15 minInspired by k-ruoka.fi

Method

1
Place baking paper over the bottom of a springform pan (about 24 cm in diameter) and clamp the greased ring in place.
2
Melt the fat and let it cool. Whip the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and vanilla sugar together. Add the melted fat to the egg-sugar mixture and sift in the flour mixture, folding gently. Pour the batter into the pan.
3
Bake at 200 °C on the second lowest rack for about 20 minutes. The base will remain moist and juicy, and about 1–2 cm thick. Let cool.
4
Heat the cream to a boil in a non-stick saucepan. Remove the saucepan from the heat and chop the chocolate into the cream. Stir until smooth. Let the mixture cool slightly. Spread the mixture evenly over the cake in a layer about one centimeter thick and let it cool for a moment.
5
Spread the cleaned berries in a mound on top of the cake. Bring the juice to a boil and add the gelling sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves and the liquid becomes clear. Cool slightly and brush the glaze over the berries. Let the cake set in a cool place for about an hour. The filling will remain soft. Decorate the edges of the cake with blueberry sprigs or raspberry leaves.