Sponge cake with mascarpone cream and cream "Coffee Chocolate"

By Helen678 Published 10/22/2016 Updated 05/29/2017

What tummy would not rejoice at a delicious and satisfying biscuit cake ?! Today, I suggest you bake a chocolate-coffee biscuit cake with mascarpone cream and cream called "Coffee Chocolate". Note that it is cut into portioned pieces at the time of decoration. This is a delicacy, a great option for a sweet treat on the festive table. I think that every guest will be delighted with the sweet coffee and chocolate aftertaste. This recipe will help you prepare a delicate biscuit dessert, in which the preparation is described simply and step by step, and accompanied by a photo.

Ingredients:

For the biscuit:

4 large chicken eggs;
a pinch of salt;
210 grams of sugar;
220 grams of premium flour;
80 grams of dark chocolate 59%;

For cream:

600 ml cream 35%;
250 grams of Mascarpone cheese;
10 grams of gelatin + 60 ml., water;
2 teaspoons of brewed coffee +70 ml., water;
250 grams of powdered sugar;
½ vanilla bean
90 grams of dark chocolate;

For decoration:

90 grams of dark chocolate;
50 ml., cream 10%,
confectionery beads.

How to make chocolate cake with mascarpone coffee cream

The two main components of each cake are cream and cakes. Let's deal with the latter first.

How to bake a chocolate biscuit

Let's start preparing the dough by breaking the chocolate into pieces and melting it in a water bath.

Now, actively beat the yolks with sugar and seeds from the vanillin pod until the mass turns white.

Add melted chocolate, mix.

Then, beat the chilled proteins with a pinch of salt until stable peaks. Just do not kill the squirrels, in this case, the biscuit will turn out with a crust that will break and crumble. Stir the egg whites into the yolk-chocolate mixture with a spatula.

We spread the dough in a mold and bake it in a preheated oven (180 ° C for 30 minutes). We cool the finished biscuit in the form. Then, we take it out and cut it into two equal cakes, as in the photo.

chocolate biscuit

How to make cream mascarpone with gelatin

Soak gelatin.

Brew coffee with vanilla seeds. Also, dip the cut pod into the coffee. Let the coffee cool down and strain.

Whip the cream on low speed until it slightly increases in volume. Then add powdered sugar and continue beating at high speed. When the cream has thickened and holds its shape well, it is ready. How they should look at the end of whipping can be seen in the photo.

Chocolate sponge cake with mascarpone cream and cream

Beat mascarpone cheese (room temperature) until smooth. Add melted chocolate (70 grams) and mix it completely.

Then add coffee and mix everything well.

Dissolve the swollen gelatin in a water bath. You can not bring it to a boil (!) So it will lose its properties. Add gelatin to mascarpone mixture. The entire resulting mass should be at room temperature so that the cream added further does not “float”.

Slowly fold the cream into the cheese mass with gentle movements. Delicious coffee creamy mascarpone cheese cream with gelatin is ready. How it should look - shows the photo.

Chocolate sponge cake with mascarpone cream and cream

We set aside 8-9 tablespoons of cream in a separate bowl and mix it with melted chocolate (20 grams). He's going to decorate.

Now, you need to work very quickly so that the gelatin does not have time to grab ahead of time.

How to decorate a chocolate cake

We put the first biscuit cake on a flat surface, set the confectionery ring, and spread half of the cream portion.

We put the second part of the chocolate biscuit, which we cover with the second half of the cream. Put it in the refrigerator to chill.

In the meantime, we heat the cream and put chocolate in it. When the chocolate has melted, mix it with cream and refrigerate. We shift it into a pastry bag, cut off a small tip through which we will draw.

When the cake is well frozen, remove the confectionery ring, and simply cut the cake into the desired number of servings, as in the photo. Each piece is decorated with chocolate, and then with chocolate cream. Add confectionery beads.

Sponge cake with mascarpone cream and cream