Spiced Chocolate Hazelnut And Whiskey Cake…..Christmas cake with a twist
This is a rich cake, with chunks of chocolate, bits of soaked Fruits and Chocolate and spiced with Cinnamon, and Cloves. Not truly a plum cake, but yet very Christmasy.
Servings Prep Time
8servings 20Minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
40-45Minutes fewhours
Servings Prep Time
8servings 20Minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
40-45Minutes fewhours
Ingredients
Apple Compote
Sour cream
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven at 180 Degree C
  2. Grate the zest of the oranges, extract juice and reserve, 150 ml.
  3. Measure Oil, Honey, whiskey in a bowl. Crack the eggs and tip it in the bowl after whisking them thoroughly.
  4. Sift the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder together in another bowl.
  5. Add sugar, ground hazelnut, spices, and a large pinch of salt. Add chocolate chunks or chips, and soaked fruits, crysallised ginger and lemon peel, into the flour mixture.
  6. Now add the wet ingredients, into the dry ingredients and fold in swiftly in a few large goes. Do not over mix unless it will lead to a dry dense cake after baking.
  7. Now pour th ecake in to a dusted pan, and bake in the center of the oven for 25 min. Rotate after 25 min and bake for about 7-8 minutes. By now the cake should appear firm . Insert a tester wont work here ( due to too many soaked ruits in the cake). You can leave the cake in th eoven for a few more minutes if any doubts about it not looking firm to touch.
  8. Allow to cool for a few minutes, and turn on the rack as the ring mould cannot be left to cool for very long, as it becomes difficult to turn the cake out.
Apple Compote
  1. Core and Chop apples in large cubes, and add lemon juice, and stew over medium flame along with the sugar. Allow the sugar to melt, and let the apples stay chunky( not mushy). Cool and serve with the cake.
Whipped Sour cream
  1. Add the sour curds to the cream and allow to set for few hours. Chil once set.
  2. Now whip th esour cream along with castor sugar. Serve with cake and compote.
Recipe Notes

I have used Crushed hazelnuts, which can be replaced with Almonds.

Soaked fruits can be soaked in port wine/ rum/ brandy/ whiskey.

All spice mix can be used instead of different spices.

Cake can be served with Chocolate Ganache.

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