Cooking with Paula McIntyre - Chocolate Buttermilk Slab Cake with Raspberries

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Chocolate buttermilk slab cake
275g castor sugar
125g chopped dark chocolate
90g butter
175ml water
225g plain flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
100ml buttermilk
2 eggs

Set the oven to 170c. Line a brownie tin with parchment paper. Place the sugar, chocolate, butter and water in a saucepan and cook gently until the chocolate and butter have melted. Cool
Whisk in the buttermilk and eggs. Sift the flour and baking soda together and fold into the mixture.
Spoon into the cake tin and bake for 45 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool and remove from tin.

Raspberry ripple cream

100g frozen raspberries
50g castor sugar
500ml double cream
1 tablespoon icing sugar

Cook the raspberries and castor sugar for 5 minutes then press through a sieve. Cool. Whip the cream and sweeten with the sugar. Fold the raspberry puree through the cream.

To assemble

125g fresh raspberries
Dehydrated raspberries ( optional)
Fresh mint or angelica

Cut the cake in half and spread two thirds of the cream on top. Place other chocolate half on top. Pipe the remaining cream on top and add raspberries. Scatter over the dehydrated raspberries, add a few leaves of mint or angelica and serve.

Published on Saturday, 19th April 2025.

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