Thank you for all the lovely comments on facebook about this cake. I was not too happy about the chocolate sauce because i wanted to make a ganache. Sometimes things do not turn out as planned! Tastewise it was very nice, moist and tasted even better the next day: The orangy color complimented the white chocolate . This is a versatile recipe as you can flavor it the way you want. I love vanilla… but you can use the essence of your choice and even the food color of your choice if you are planning a theme party! These are just my ideas. The recipe is very basic and you cant go wrong!
So shall we start? First we preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
INGREDIENTS:
Using the same cup for measurement, which is around 150 grams…
1 cup of milk, can be whole, skimmed, half and half, soya or lactose free milk
1 cup of cooking oil
2 cups of sugar ( i used a little less)
3 cups of sieved white flour (you can also use whole wheat flour)
1 envelope or 2.5 teaspoons of baking powder
3 lovely freshly laid farm eggs
4 tablespoons of honey
4 tablespoons of flaked almonds
1 tablespoon of good vanilla essence or essence of your choice
1 teaspoon or more of your choice food color
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
FOR THE WHITE CHOCOLATE SAUCE:
200 grams of white chocolate chopped
200 grams of cream
METHOD:
Beat the eggs with the sugar till light and fluffy. Add the cooking oil and milk and mix well. Add the sieved white flour with the baking powder slowly and mix. Add the salt and lemon juice. Add the vanilla, honey and almonds with the food color. Grease a baking pan with oil and dust a little flour on it. Pour the batter into the pan. Put into the oven and bake till its done, Should not take more than 40 minutes. Cool completely before adding the white chocolate sauce.
FOR THE WHITE CHOCOLATE SAUCE:
Melt the white chocolate over a double boiler with the cream. Cool completely. Pour over the cake
TIP: I was just told today that if the chocolate sauce is put into the freezer for about 30 minutes and then beaten with the beater it gets a fluffier texture,. Will try this next time. If any of you do make this cake and beat the sauce please do comment and take a pic.
You can also sandwich the cake with nutella, jam of your choice etc…This is your creative cake… so just make it the way you like!!
This is an easy no fuss cake…If i can make it so can you !!
Happy feasting away!!