Gerhard Jenne – Chocolate Raspberry Velvet Cake & It’s Vegan…
There is still time to make this deliciously decadent Chocolate Raspberry Velvet cake (compliments of Konditor), for Christmas, which also happens to be vegan!
The rich chocolate cake has raspberry jam baked into the sponge and is sandwiched with raspberry compote, then lathered in a silky dairy-free chocolate ganache and finished with fresh and freeze dried raspberries.
Makes 1 Chocolate Raspberry Velvet
Ingredients for Sponge:
- 200g Plain Flour
- 35g Cocoa Powder
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
- 1/3 tsp Salt
- 200g Caster Sugar
- 250ml Soya Milk
- 85ml Sunflower Oil
- 65g Raspberry Jam
- 1/3 tsp Vanilla Extract
Ingredients for Compote:
- 120g Frozen Raspberries
- 12g Icing Sugar
- 5ml Lemon Juice
Ingredients for Ganache:
- 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
- 250ml Soya Milk
- 75ml Golden Syrup
- 400g Dark Chocolate (50% or above)
Ingredients to Serve:
- 10 Fresh Raspberries
- 5g Freeze Dried Raspberries
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 175C/Gas Mark 4, and line two 7” cake tins with baking parchment.
- To make the sponges, mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, bicarb, salt and sugar together in a large mixing bowl.
- In a microwaveable bowl, mix soy, oil, jam and vanilla. Heat till warm to touch, not boiling. Mix well.
- Add wet ingredients to dry and thoroughly combine.
- Divide into tins.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes.
- For the ganache, put soy milk and golden syrup in a plastic bowl, cover with cling film and poke a few small holes.
- Heat in the microwave until boiling point is reached.
- Pour hot (but not boiling) soy over chocolate buttons and vanilla.
- Stir till well combined; do not incorporate too much air into ganache.
- To make the raspberry compote, heat frozen raspberries, icing sugar and lemon in pan until boiling point. Simmer till slightly reduced, then chill.
- To assemble the cake, fill the centre of one sponge with 100g of compote and pipe a ring of ganache around the edge to ensure it does not spill out. Sandwich the sponges together and set the cake with ganache, then chill.
- Once chilled, smooth out the ganache for a neat finish.
- To garnish, place fresh raspberries around border, equally spaced. Scatter with freeze dried raspberries and enjoy!
- Keep chilled for up to 5 days.
About The Chef
Gerhard Jenne is a pastry chef, and founder of London bakery chain Konditor. Since 1993, Gerhard has been spreading joy through cakes, and gaining a name for himself for his witty and characterful cakes!
https://konditor.co.uk/