Chocolate, lemon & red currants sponge cake

This sponge cake contains coconut, chocolate, red currant and lemon. You will hardly feel the coconut and lemon, I need coconut for texture, and lemon will make the taste of chocolate mousse brighter and richer. But despite the fact that chocolate and currants are in the lead role, do not remove other flavors, otherwise it will not turn out so delicious.
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Chocolate, lemon & red currants sponge cake

Ingredients

Sponge biscuit
egg
80g
2.80oz
0.32cup
5.36tbsp
butter
60g
2.10oz
4tbsp
sugar
220g
7.70oz
1cup
14.74tbsp
yogurt
200g
7oz
0.80cup
13.40tbsp
baking soda
1tsp
flour
120g
4.20oz
0.48cup
8tbsp
cocoa
30g
1.05oz
2tbsp
fine coconut flakes
30g
1.05oz
2tbsp
Red currant confit
currant puree
370g
12.95oz
1.48cup
24.79tbsp
lemon juice
55g
1.86fl oz
glucose syrup
35g
1.23oz
2.35tbsp
sugar
60g
2.10oz
4tbsp
cornstarch
15g
0.53oz
1tbsp
gelatin 180 bloom
13g
0.46oz
0.87tbsp
Chocolate & lemon mousse
milk
200g
6.76fl oz
lemon zest
1pc
glucose syrup
30g
1.05oz
2tbsp
egg yolk
70g
2.45oz
0.28cup
4.69tbsp
sugar
75g
2.63oz
0.30cup
5tbsp
cornstarch
15g
0.53oz
1tbsp
bitter chocolate
180g
6.30oz
0.72cup
12tbsp
gelatin 180 bloom
11g
0.39oz
0.74tbsp
whipping cream
300g
10.14fl oz

Method

To make this dessert, you need minimum equipment. In fact, you only need a frame for assembly. In this frame, we will bake the biscuit and fill all the layers.

I used a 26*26cm (10.25*10.25 inch) frame.

Yield 18-24 cakes, depending on how you cut it.

Sponge biscuit

  • Mix the yogurt with baking soda.
  • Whip the eggs with sugar and melted butter; add flour, cocoa and coconut flakes, and whip a little more.
  • Immediately add yogurt, and stir until completely combined.
  • Spread the dough in the frame, and bake at 356F (180C) for 15 minutes.

Red currant confit

  • Combine the puree with glucose and juice, heat a little; add sugar with starch, bring to a boil, and boil a little.
  • Add the gelatin (swollen).
  • Immediately pour the confit onto the chilled biscuit, cool to room temperature,and put in the fridge.

Chocolate & lemon mousse

  • Bring the milk with zest and glucose to a boil, and strain over the yolks with sugar and starch. Return the saucepan to the heat, and simmer until thickened.
  • Add the swollen gelatin to the hot mass, whisk, and add the chocolate. Mash with a blender. Cool to 97-104F (36-40C).
  • Whip the cream to soft peaks, and combine with the custard. Gently stir with a spatula until completely combined.
  • Pour the mousse over the confit layer, and pace it all in the fridge until it hardens completely.

Cut the cakes of the size you wish. Garnish at your discretion (with chocolate, berries, etc.)

* If you want to cover the cakes with chocolate glaze, then here's the recipe: melt 375g (13.25 oz) of chocolate, add 90g (3 fl oz) of vegetable oil, nuts and crispies to your taste. The working temperature for chocolate glaze is 86F (30C).