Tickle your tastebuds with meal ideas from Roald Dahl's Completely Revolting Recipe book, including this cake inspired by the novel, Matilda
You will need:
20cm cake tin
greaseproof paper
pyrex bowl
saucepan
skewer
wire rack
palette knife
225g good quality
plain chocolate
175g unsalted butter, softened
225g caster sugar
4 tbsp (60ml) plain flour
6 eggs, separated
Coating:
225g good quality
plain chocolate
225g double cream
Serves 1–8
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180ºC/gas mark 4.
- Grease and line the cake tin with greaseproof paper.
- Melt the chocolate in a pyrex bowl, over a saucepan of simmering water or on a low heat in a microwave.
- Mix in the butter and stir until melted.
- Add the flour, sugar and lightly beaten egg yolks.
- Whisk the egg whites until stiff.
- Gently fold half of the whites into the chocolate mixture, mixing thoroughly.
- Carefully fold in the remaining whites.
- Cook for approx. 35 minutes. There will be a thin crust on top of the cake, and if tested with a skewer the inside will appear insufficiently cooked but don’t worry as this is the character of the cake and it gets firmer as it cools. This cake is deliciously moist and light.
- Leave to cool in the tin on a wire rack.
- When cool enough to handle remove from the cake tin and discard the greaseproof paper.
- In a pyrex bowl over a saucepan of simmering water melt together the chocolate and cream, stirring occasionally until the chocolate is fully melted and blended with the cream.
- The cake is prone to sinking slightly in the middle so place upside down for coating.
- With a palette knife spread the chocolate coating all over the cake.
- Allow to set in a cool place before serving.
In an attempt to get families all over the country cooking renowned cooker brand, Rangemaster, have collaborated with the Roald Dahl novels to promote the Revolting Recipe series just in time for Roald Dahl Day, on October 13. The induction cooker, by Rangemaster, provides a safer cooking environment for children, so you can all get stuck in!
The scrumptious dishes in the book all star in Roald Dahl's famous reads, from the BFG’s The Royal Breakfast for Growing Giants, Matilda’s Bruce Bogtrotters Cake to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s Stickjaw for Talkative Parents.
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