Dark chocolate and parsnip cakes recipe
by Tristan Welch |
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These dark chocolate cakes taste delicious and have a wonderful rich texture thanks to the secret ingredient - parsnip!
At a glance
- Cuisine British
- Recipe Type Cake
- Difficulty Easy
- Preparation time 20 mins
- Cooking time 45 mins
- Serves 6 people
Ingredients
- 200 g (7.1oz) grated parsnip
- 200 g (7.1oz) plain flour
- 100 g (3.5oz) cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 250 g (8.8oz) golden caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 220 ml (7.7fl oz) rapeseed oil
- 150 g (5.3oz) dark chocolate melted
- 60 g (2.1oz) dark chocolate chips
- 25 g (0.9oz) butter
- 1 or 2 splashes of water, to cover grated parsnip
- 1 pinch of salt
- 200 g (7.1oz) plain chocolate
- 45 g (1.6oz) golden syrup
- 60 g (2.1oz) butter
Step-by-step
- Pre-heat your oven to 180°C or gas mark 5.
- Cook the freshly grated parsnip by just covering it with the butter and then some water, boil for 5 minutes, or until the parsnip is cooked, drain off any excess liquid and then allow to cool.
- Add the parsnip along with all the other ingredients for the cakes (except the chocolate chips and oil) into a blender along with a pinch of salt and blend.
- Once the mixture is blended, gradually add the oil, then the chocolate chips.
- To make one large cake, pour the cake mixture in a tin and bake for 45 minutes or alternatively you can use a cupcake or muffin tray to make individual cakes.
- Once cooked, turn out on a wire rack to cool before decorating.
- To make the chocolate topping; melt the chocolate either in the microwave or over a bowl of simmering water.
- Once melted, take the bowl off the heat and stir in the golden syrup and butter.
- Stir the mix gently until it is of a spreadable consistency, spread on top of the cooled cakes and allow to set before serving.
- As an extra treat, you can cut the cakes through the middle and add a layer of whipped cream before spreading the cakes with the chocolate topping. Delicious!
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Comments
by Geomick1 | on 21 August 2011
I love parsnips and dark chocolate,but never in a million years would I have thought to combine them!
I'm definitely going to try this just to satisfy my curiosity!
I'll let you know!
by lfrisei | on 24 August 2011
ma che bontà devo essere questi mmm
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