From a Pot: Cake with chocolate mousse and raspberry filling

Cake

• Flour: 240 g

• Cocoa: 60g

• Baking powder: 10 g

• Baking soda: 1 teaspoon

• Brown sugar: 60 g

• Sugar: 80 g

• Egg: 3

• Vanilla extract: 1 teaspoon

• Plain yogurt: 130 g

• Milk: 120 ml

• Oil: 6 tablespoons

• Butter: for greasing pan

Mascarpone cream

• Mascarpone: 100 g

• Whipped cream: 40 g

• Salt: 0.2 teaspoon

• Vanilla extract: 1 teaspoon

• Powdered sugar: 20 g

Raspberry puree

• Raspberries: 220 g

• Sugar: 60 g

• Cornstarch: 2 tablespoons

• Water: 2 tablespoons

• Lemon juice: 1 tablespoon

Chocolate mouss

• Dark chocolate: 60 g

• Whipped cream: 25 g

• Egg: 1

• Sugar: 10 g

• Whipped cream: 50 g

Swiss meringue

• Egg: 5

• Butter: 450 g

• Sugar: 300 g

• Salt: 0.2 teaspoon

• Vanilla extract: 1 teaspoon

• Food colour

1. Mix together eggs and sugar for about three minutes then add the remaining wet ingredients, and mix slightly.
2. Sif the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa, soda, baking powder) through a strainer so that there are no lumps. Mix, and be careful not to over mix. Mix just enough to bring the ingredients together.
3. Grass the baking trays with butter and distribute the cake batter evenly.
4. Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 15 - 20 minutes. Check with a toothpick if the cakes are done. When the cake is pierced with a toothpick and there is no more batter on it, it’s done.
5. Allow cakes to cool completely.

1. Put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well with an electric mixer. Mix for about 3 - 4 minutes, then put the cream in the fridge to cool for a bit.

1. In a small saucepan, combine all of the ingredients.
2. Stir the mixture until it begins to boil. Everything needs to heat slowly so the sugar dissolves and the mixture thickens properly. It will take about 10 minutes. Cook it at a medium heat.
3. Once the raspberry puree has cooled to room temperature, place it in the refrigerator to harden further.

1. Melt the chocolate over a double boiler. Pour a little water into the pot and wait for it to boil, then place a cup of chocolate on top of the pot and wait for the chocolate to melt.
2. Heat up 25 g of whipped cream in a pot. Mix it with melted chocolate, and wait for the chocolate mixture to cool to room temperature.
3. Whip 50 g of whipped cream.
4. Separate egg yolk from egg white.
5. Add a pinch of salt and sugar to the egg whites and beat until stiff peaks.
6. Gradually add egg whites and whipped cream to a room temperature chocolate mixture. Fold it gently with a wooden spoon.
7. Place the mousse in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours.

1. Separate the egg yolks from egg whites.
2. Add sugar and salt to the egg whites and mix lightly with a hand whisk.
3. Over a double boiler slowly heat up the egg whites. Stir slowly while heating. Make sure the water does not touch the bowl.
4. Heat the egg whites until they reach 60 degrees Celsius - check this with a food thermometer. If you don't have a thermometer, check it with your fingers. The mixture is ready when it’s smooth, warm and you don’t feel whole pieces of sugar on your fingers.
5. Pour the mixture into a mixing bowl and start mixing until the egg whites cool back down to room temperature. The mixture will get glossy peaks.
6. Gradually start adding pieces of room temperature butter to it. Make sure the mixture is really at room temperature and not too hot otherwise the butter will start to melt. When adding butter, the mixture will become a bit more liquid, when this happens just keep mixing further until all butter is added.
7. Finally, you can add a little bit of vanilla extract, food coloring ...
8. Place the meringue in the refrigerator and mix lightly again before use.

1. If necessary, cut off the tops of the cakes to get a smooth, flat surface.
2. Fill the cake with creams in any order. Smooth the fillings with a cake smoother.
3. Once the cake is assembled, place it in the fridge for half an hour to cool.
4. Apply the meringue. Help yourself with a turntable and cake smoother.
5. Once you apply the meringue, put the cake back in the fridge for half an hour before you start decorating. The colder the cake, the easier it will be to decorate.
6. I use fresh flowers and golden leaves to decorate.