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Torched Chocolate Lemon Cakes

Torched Chocolate Lemon Cakes

Servings :6 -8 mini cakes

Ingredients
  

Crust:

  • 200 g graham crackers (crushed)
  • 80 g butter (melted)
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Lemon curd:

  • 5 egg yolks
  • 110 g butter (cubed)
  • 210 g white sugar
  • 90 ml lemon juice
  • Zest from 2 lemons
  • 1 pinch salt

Chocolate mousse:

  • 150 ml heavy cream
  • 200 g dark chocolate (chopped)
  • 3 g gelatin + 15ml cold water
  • 300 ml heavy cream (whipped)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon dark rum
  • 1 pinch salt

Swiss meringue:

  • 4 egg whites
  • 200 g white sugar
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions
 

Crust:

  • Start by preparing 6-8 small cake rings. Place them on a board or baking tray lined with parchment paper and line them with acetate sheets.
  • Mix the graham crackers, butter and vanilla in a bowl. Spoon 1-2 tablespoons of this mixture into each cake ring and press well with your fingertips. Place aside.

Lemon curd:

  • Combine all the ingredients in a heatproof bowl. Place over a hot water bath.
  • Cook the curd for about 20 minutes until it reaches 85C and it's thick and creamy.
  • Remove from heat and pass it through a fine sieve. Cover with plastic wrap on its surface and allow to cool down overnight in the fridge.

Chocolate mousse:

  • Bloom the gelatin in cold water for 10 minute.
  • Bring the cream to the boiling point over low heat - don't boil it, it just has to be hot.
  • Remove from heat and stir in the chocolate. Mix until melted and smooth then stir in the gelatin.
  • Allow the chocolate to cool down slightly then add the vanilla, rum and a pinch of salt.
  • Fold in the whipped cream then spoon the mousse into your prepared cake rings, filling them with only a thin layer of mousse. Place in the freezer for 10 minutes then spoon a thin layer of lemon curd on top. Cover with the remaining chocolate mousse, splitting it equally between the cake rings.
  • Place in the freezer for 2-3 hours until well set.

Swiss meringue:

  • Combine the ingredients in a heatproof bowl and place over a hot water bath. Keep on heat for a few minutes, mixing constantly with a whisk until the mixture is hot and the sugar has dissolved - a thermometer should read around 65C.
  • Remove from heat and begin mixing with an electric mixer until the bowl feels cold to the touch. It will take up to 7-8 minutes.
  • Remove the cakes from the freezer and carefully unmold them.
  • Cover each cake with whipped meringue then torch it with a blowtorch. - it is best to do this just before serving.