Double Heart Engagement Cake Recipe
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Engagement is a special occasion & a day to celebrate for soon-to-be brides & grooms. A Double heart engagement cake can make this day seem more special.
Ingredients
- 350g/12oz plain chocolate
- 2 x 20cm/8in heart-shaped chocolate sponge cakes
- 675g/3 cups coffee-flavor butter icing
- Icing sugar, for dusting
- fresh raspberries, to decorate
MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT
- 2 X 23cm/9in heart-shaped cake boards
Method:
- Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of hot water. Pour the chocolate on to a smooth, non-porous surface and spread it out with a palette knife. Leave to cool until just set, but not hard.
- To make the chocolate curls, hold a large sharp knife at a 45 degree angle to the chocolate and push it along the chocolate in short sawing movements. Leave to set on greaseproof paper.
- Cut each cake in half horizontally. Use one-third of the butter icing to sandwich the cakes together. Use the remaining icing to coat the tops and sides of the cakes.
- Place the cakes on the cake boards. Generously cover the tops and sides of the cakes with the chocolate curls, pressing them gently into the butter icing.
- Sift a little icing sugar over the top of each cake and decorate with raspberries. Chill until ready to serve.
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