INGREDIENTS
Cake
| 250g butter
200g brown sugar 2 tbsp vanilla extract 5 eggs, separated 300g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 60ml milk 125ml brandy (or 60ml milk)
Pure icing sugar, for dusting |
Chocolate spice swirl
| 200g 70% dark chocolate
50g butter 3 tbsp brown sugar 1 tbsp cocoa powder 1 tsp vanilla 1 tbsp cinnamon ½ tsp allspice ¼ tsp clove 2 tbsp brandy ¼ tsp Murray River salt flakes |
METHOD
Chocolate spice swirl
| 1. | In a medium saucepan gently melt chocolate, butter, sugar, cocoa, spices and salt on Induction setting 3, stirring occasionally. |
| 2. | Once melted add in brandy. Allow to cool. |
Cake
| 1. | Pre-heat oven on Fan Plus 160°C with a rack on shelf position 2. |
| 2. | In a bowl of a freestanding mixer with paddle attachment, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light a fluffy. |
| 5. | Add eggs yolks, one at a time, beating well between each addition. |
| 6. | In a separate bowl, sift together baking powder and flour. |
| 7. | Fold flour into butter mixture, alternating with milk and brandy until combined. |
| 8. | In a bowl of a freestanding mixer with balloon whisk attachment whisk egg whites until soft peaks. |
| 9. | Gently fold egg whites into cake mixture, one third at a time until combined. |
| 10. | Add the chocolate swirl mixture to the cake and gently swirl to combine. |
| 11. | Thoroughly grease two mini bundt trays with oil. Spoon cake batter into each mould filling ¾ full. |
| 12. | Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes until lightly golden. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before turning out. Dust with icing sugar to serve.
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Notes
| This recipe will also work for a large bundt cake. Bake on Fan Plus 160°C for approximately 1 hour. |
APPLIANCE / FUNCTION
Ashley Alexander
Australian foodie, recipe developer and stylist Ashley Alexander is a self-taught cook who spent a lot of her early years in the kitchen cooking up a storm with her mum, tasting, learning and experimenting. Now living in Melbourne, Ashley has followed her childhood passion, launching Gather and Feast, a website full of beautiful food and delicious recipes. “Gather and Feast brings together two very important concepts for me – people and food. I wanted to bring them together in a welcoming, all-encompassing and delicious way,” Ashley said.
