White chocolate cake from dizzydixies

nut free kids can help can make in advance ok to freeze vegetarian
Category
Cake and dessert recipes
Serves12 - not likely!!!
Prep time 15 mins
Cook time1 hours

Mumsnetter ratings

based on (7) reviews
Ease of finding ingredients 10
Ease of cooking9
Success with kids10
Success with adults8
Overall Mark 9

Ingredients

CAKE:
250g butter
150g white chocolate
440g caster sugar
250ml milk
225g plain flour
75g s/r flour
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs - lightly beaten

GANACHE:
125ml cream
300g white chocolate

Handy Hint

it can be difficult to judge if this cake is cooked but the crust of the cake should be thick and sugary will keep for a week but not very likely

Method

Preheat oven to moderate - would guess 180C/160C for fan (I used fan at 160C).

Grease the bottom & sides of DEEP 20cm round cake tin.

Put the chocolate, butter, sugar & milk in a pan and slowly heat (without boiling) until smooth - leave the mixture to cool which will take approx 15 mins.

Whisk the two flours into the chocolate mix, then add the eggs & vanilla. Then pour the mix into the cake tin.

Cover the tin with tin foil and bake for approx 1hr.

Remove the foil and leave the cake in the cake tin for 10mins before turning out onto wire rack to cool.

To make the ganache topping:

Bring the cream to the boil in pan then pour over the chocolate that you have already broken into small pieces.

Stir with a wooden spoon until the chocolate has melted and then cover & pop in fridge for approx 30minutes - stirring occasionally - before spreading over cooled cake.

Mumsnetter Reviews

From: Hummymummy on Mon 14-Jun-10 11:32:42 Overall rating: 4.0
Hi - I'm not sure about this one. Not sure I cooked it right? Wasn't a cake texture in the middle but was like a steam syrup pud? It wasn't light and fluffy like a cake? It took nearly two hours to cook but not convinced it was cooked in the middle. The outside edge was lovely! Did I do something wrong? Is it supposed to be light and fluffy like a cake? Tempted to try again but could be another expensive mistake with all the chocolate etc......
From: brwnsbr001 on Thu 18-Jun-09 14:27:55 Overall rating: 10.0
I made this on Tuesday night for my partners birthday which was yesterday (Wednesday), there were 7 of us and it is all gone today which is Thursday!! Everyone said it was the best cake they've ever had, white chocolate in cake form!! Perfect. Although in future i would use greaseproof paper instead of greasing the baking tray as the cake was a little difficult to get out!
From: TheBreastmilksOnMe on Wed 01-Apr-09 15:38:20 Overall rating: 7.0
I made this but I wasn't impressed with how it turned out. It was flat and very heavy. The ganache on the other hand was delicious. I would like to try it again though and I would probably twaek a few things to get it a bit lighter and fluffier.
From: TheButterflyEffect on Mon 16-Mar-09 19:20:07 Overall rating: 10.0
This is incredible. I agree it's unlikely to last a week, but it's nice to know!
From: PlumBumMum on Tue 03-Mar-09 11:21:47 Overall rating: 10.0
Cake was yum, everyone was fighting over it, put mine in a smaller cake tin took longer to cook
From: Carmenere on Mon 02-Mar-09 12:51:40 Overall rating: 10.0
I made this cake for dd's birthday and can I just say it was STUNNING. I adapted the ganache a bit in order to make it easier to ice the cake, I added a bit more cream and LOADS of icing sugar. It was perfect for the party but I will make it again as is for grown ups iyswim.
From: dizzydixies on Sun 22-Feb-09 20:50:06 Overall rating: 10.0



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