Strawberry & Chocolate Truffle Christmas Cake

Ingredients

• 65 grams Cake flour
• 25 grams Cornstarch
• 70 grams Caster sugar
• 3 Eggs
• 4 bars Milk chocolate
• 400 ml Heavy cream
• 1 Strawberries
• 1 Cocoa powder
• 1 Powdered sugar
• 1 Decorations

Instructions

1. Combine the caster sugar and eggs in a bowl and whisk together in a double broiler.
2. Remove the bowl from the double broiler and whisk with a hand mixer until fluffy for about 15 minutes.
3. Combine the cake flour and cornstarch and sift into the mixture.
4. Fold in gently with a rubber spatula.
5. Line a cake tin with parchment paper and pour in the mixture from Step 2.
6. Bake in an oven preheated to 170C for 35-40 minutes.
7. After baking, let it cool and then thinly slice off the browned, uneven top.
8. Cut the sponge into 2 layers.
9. Break the chocolate into small pieces and melt in a double broiler.
10. Add the heavy cream to a bowl and whip with a hand mixer.
11. Pour in the melted chocolate from Step 5.
12. Vigorously whisk the cream and chocolate from Step 6 to finish making the chocolate cream.
13. Thickly cover one of the cake layers with chocolate cream and strawberries cut into halves.
14. Cover the strawberries with another layer of chocolate cream.
15. Place the other sponge cake layer on top.
16. Cover the entire cake in a layer of cream, and using a tea strainer to sift on an even layer of cocoa powder.
17. Decorate with your favourite Christmas decorations to finish!