Recipe Espresso and Mushroom Cake

[classic33]

Ingredients

• 125g butter
• 250g dark chocolate, chopped
• 2 tbs instant espresso coffee powder (I had some Nescafe Gold left over from when my dad visited and used that)
• 125g caster sugar
• 150g button mushrooms
• 125g hazelnut meal
• 5 eggs, separated

Method

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees
• Melt butter, chocolate, coffee and sugar in a saucepan on a low heat. Stir until this mixture is smooth. Set aside to cool
• Whizz your mushrooms up in a food processor
• Add hazelnut meal and process until combined
• Beat egg yolks into the lovely chocolate mixture, one at a time
• Stir mushroom mixture into the chocolate mixture
• Beat your egg whites until firm and fold this into the chocolate mixture
• Pour this into a 22cm springform tin that has been lined with baking paper and bake for 50 – 60mins
• Let the cake cool in the tin….once cool, dust with some cocoa and enjoy!
• Serve with cream and strawberries

http://www.gardenware.com.au/food-glorious-food-mushrooms-cake/

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

Very interesting!

Out of interest, what does the mushroom do to the flavor? I'm imaging an earthiness that you'd get from a raw mushroom, rather than the savoriness you'd expect in a sauteed mushroom.