Name: Boozy chocolate bombes
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Makes 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100ml Irish cream liqueur; 200g white chocolate (use cheaper chocolate, it will melt better), broken into pieces; real or artificial holly to decorate; 100g butter plus extra for greasing; 50g dark chocolate broken into pieces; 2 tsp instant coffee mixed with 1 tbsp boiling water; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 100g plain flour; 1 tbsp cocoa; ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda; 140g light soft brown sugar; 2 large eggs; 85g natural yogurt; 50g dark chocolate broken into pieces; 1 large egg separated; 50g caster sugar; 75ml double cream

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Boozy chocolate bombes

Boozy chocolate bombes

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Makes 6

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Prep: 35 mins

Cook: 40 mins

Plus cooling and chilling

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Showstopping individual coffee sponges with hidden mousse, and an Irish cream and white chocolate topping - stunning!

Freezable (Freeze sponge only)

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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100ml Irish cream liqueur
200g white chocolate

(use cheaper chocolate, it will melt better), broken into pieces
real or artificial holly

to decorate

For the sponge

100g butter

plus extra for greasing
50g dark chocolate

broken into pieces
2 tsp instant coffee

mixed with 1 tbsp boiling water
1 tsp vanilla extract
100g plain flour
1 tbsp cocoa
¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
140g light soft brown sugar
2 large eggs
85g natural yogurt

For the chocolate mousse

50g dark chocolate

broken into pieces
1 large egg

separated
50g caster sugar
75ml double cream

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Nutrition: per bombe

kcal737
fat42g
saturates25g
carbs75g
sugars65g
fibre2g
protein10g
salt0.7g

low

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter 6 x 150ml ovenproof pudding moulds and put a disc of baking parchment in the base of each.
step 2

To make the sponge, put the butter, chocolate and coffee in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Gently heat until melted, add the vanilla and stir to combine. Set aside to cool a little. Sift the flour, cocoa and bicarb into another bowl, then scatter in the sugar, breaking up any clumps of sugar with your fingers. Mix the eggs and yogurt in a jug. Add the chocolate mixture and the egg mixture to the flour, and stir everything with a spatula until there are no visible lumps of flour. Divide the mixture between the 6 moulds, put on a baking tray and cook in the centre of the oven for 30 mins or until a skewer pushed into the cakes comes out clean. Leave to cool for 10 mins, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Can be made up to 5 days ahead, wrapped well in cling film and stored in a sealed container; or freeze for up to 6 weeks.
step 3

While the cakes cool, make the chocolate mousse. Melt the chocolate in a small bowl over a pan of simmering water. Leave to cool for 5 mins, then stir in the egg yolk. Whisk the egg white in another bowl until stiff, add the sugar and continue to whisk until glossy and thick. Pour the cream into a third bowl and lightly whisk until thick. Tip the cream into the chocolate and stir to combine. Add the beaten egg white and, using a metal spoon, fold together until there are no streaks of egg white remaining. Chill until needed.
step 4

Line each pudding mould with cling film. Remove the tops of the cakes with a small serrated knife to create a flat surface. Carefully split the cakes into 2 or 3 layers through their middles. Reassemble the cakes in the pudding moulds, soaking each layer of sponge with the liqueur and layering with chocolate mousse. Cover the cakes with any overhanging cling film and press down gently. Chill the cakes for at least 3 hrs or for up to 2 days before serving.
step 5

Melt the white chocolate in a small bowl over a pan of barely simmering water. Turn each cake out and unwrap. Drizzle the top of each with a little white chocolate, letting it drizzle down the sides. Decorate using a small sprig of real or artificial holly. Leave the white chocolate to set for 20 mins before serving.

RECIPE TIPS

FOR THE BEST RESULTS...

Assemble the soaked sponge and mousse the day before to allow all the lovely flavours to mingle.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2012

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