White chocolate and cardamom fudge cake with raspberries
A wonderfully decadent Easter cake
INGREDIENTS
250g butter
150g muscovado sugar
6 eggs
200g good quality white chocolate
250g raspberries
250g ground almonds
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp ground cardamom
pinch of sea salt
INSTRUCTIONS
1.
Pre heat the
oven to 180c. grease and line a spring foam cake tin.
2.
Melt the
butter and the sugar in a pan and bring to a simmer till the sugar has all
dissolved. Take off the heat and leave to cool slightly, carefully add white chocolate,
mix till it has all melted then add the ground almonds.
3.
Separate the
egg yolks to the whites. One by one add the yolks to the chocolate mixture and
then add the salt. In a separate bowl whisk the egg whites to soft peaks then
gently fold the whites into the mixture using a large metal spoon. Pour half
the mixture into cake tin then sprinkle over 2/3 of the raspberries, then pour
the rest of the mixture on top and bake for 30 – 40 minutes till golden in
colour with a slight spring back on the cake when touched. Set the cake aside
to cool, it will fall – that’s normal! Decorate with mini eggs, edible flowers
and raspberries, serve with crème fraiche.