Monday, October 21, 2013

Citrus mud cake

Ingredients:-

* 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
* 2 teaspoons finely grated lime rind
* 3 teaspoons finely grated orange rind
* 350g butter, chopped
* 180g white chocolate, chopped
* 2 cups caster sugar
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 1 1/2 cups milk
* 3 eggs
* 2 cups plain flour, sifted
* 3/4 cup self-raising flour, sifted
* orange slices, to serve

White chocolate ganache

* 360g white chocolate. Chopped
* 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
* 2 teaspoons finely grated lime rind
* 2/3 cup sour cream

Method

1. Preheat oven to 160C fan-forced. Grease a 6cm-deep, 19cm (base) square cake pan. Line base and sides with 2 layers of baking paper.

2. Combine lemon, lime and orange rind, butter, chocolate, sugar, vanilla and milk in a saucepan over low heat. Stir until smooth. Transfer to a large bowl. Cool for 10 minutes.

3. Add eggs. Stir a combine. Add plain flour and self-raising flour. Stir to combine. Pour mixture into prepared pan. Bake for 2 hours or until a skewer inserted in the centre has moist crumbs clingind. Stand in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.

4. Make ganache: Place chocolate, lemon rind and lime rind in a heatproof bowl. place bowl over a pan of simmering water. Cook, stirring, for 4 to 5 minutes until melted. Remove from heat. Stir in sour cream. 10 minutes or until ganache is set. Serve with orange slices.

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