Chocolate Mint Cake
A flourless chocolate cake with a minty twist, topped with peppermint cream and caramel shards.
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- •Sugarfor caramel
- •Mintchopped
- •1 teaspoon Oilfor tray
- •Dark chocolategood-quality, melted
- •Sugarfor cake batter
- •2 Eggswhole
- •3 Egg yolks
- •Buttermelted
- •4 Egg whites
- •Icing sugarsifted
- •Peppermint extracta few drops
- •Double cream
- 1
Make the caramel by flattening sugar in a pan without stirring. Add chopped mint to flavor.
5 min
- 2
Pour caramel onto an oiled tray and let it cool.
2 min
- 3
Melt dark chocolate in a bain-marie.
5 min
- 4
In a mixing bowl, whisk sugar, two whole eggs, and three egg yolks until light and creamy.
5 min
- 5
Add melted butter to the warm chocolate, then combine with the egg mixture.
3 min
- 6
Beat four egg whites until stiff peaks form, adding sugar gradually.
5 min
- 7
Break caramel into shards, reserving some for decoration, and mix the rest into the batter.
3 min
- 8
Pour batter into a lined cake tin and bake at 180°C for 35 minutes.
35 min
- 9
Prepare peppermint cream by whisking double cream with sifted icing sugar and peppermint extract until it holds shape.
5 min
- 10
Spread peppermint cream on the cooled cake and decorate with remaining caramel shards.
5 min
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