Ferrero rocher cakes

Everything is perfectly balanced here: the super chocolate biscuit, the crunchy layer with nuts and waffle crumbs, and the mousse...
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innafreska

Ferrero rocher cakes

Ingredients

Sponge biscuit
eggs
3pc
sugar
135g
4.73oz
0.54cup
9tbsp
vanilla sugar
5g
0.18oz
0.34tbsp
flour
140g
4.90oz
0.56cup
9.38tbsp
baking powder
6g
0.21oz
0.40tbsp
alkalized cocoa
30g
1.05oz
2tbsp
salt
1g
0.04oz
0.07tbsp
milk
120g
4.06fl oz
butter
60g
2.10oz
4tbsp
Soaking
freshly brewed strong coffee
100g
3.38fl oz
sugar
10g
0.35oz
0.67tbsp
Crunchy layer
white chocolate
150g
5.25oz
0.60cup
10tbsp
cream 35%
50g
1.69fl oz
hazelnuts
100g
3.50oz
0.40cup
6.70tbsp
wafer crumbs
80g
2.80oz
0.32cup
5.36tbsp
Wafer crumbs
butter
35g
1.23oz
2.35tbsp
powdered sugar
35g
1.23oz
2.35tbsp
egg whites
35g
1.23oz
2.35tbsp
flour
35g
1.23oz
2.35tbsp
Chocolate mousse
bitter chocolate
170g
5.95oz
0.68cup
11.39tbsp
cream 35%
270g
9.13fl oz
milk
140g
4.73fl oz
gelatin dr.oetker
6g
0.21oz
0.40tbsp
cold water
36g
1.26oz
2.41tbsp
Gourmet glaze
bitter chocolate
350g
12.25oz
1.40cup
23.45tbsp
vegetable oil
70g
2.37fl oz
cocoa butter
30g
1.05oz
2tbsp
chopped hazelnuts
70g
2.45oz
0.28cup
4.69tbsp

Method

The frame size 18x18cm (10pcs).
Weight and dimensions of my cake 130g (glazed).
Height 6cm, length 7cm, width 4cm.

Sponge biscuit

  • Whip the room temperature eggs with salt and sugars until white and fluffy.
  • Heat the milk with the butter.
  • Sift the flour with baking powder and cocoa.
  • Pour it into the whipped eggs, and knead with a spatula.
  • Stir in the hot milk and butter.
  • Prepare an 18x36 cm frame - wrap the bottom with foil, put a rectangle of baking paper inside (or use a baking tray lined with parchment). Place on a rack or other flat surface.
  • Pour out the dough. Bake in a preheated oven to 347F for about 8-10 minutes until dry.
  • Cool. Wrap in clingfilm and place in the fridge for 6 hours.
  • Take the ripened biscuit out, and cut into two layers across, or if baked in a baking tray - cut two squares with a frame of 18x18 cm.

Soaking

To make the soaking, brew the coffee or dilute instant coffee and sugar in boiling water, and cool.

Wafer crumbs

  • Whip the room temperature butter and powdered sugar into a fluffy white mass.
  • Stir in the egg whites, then the flour and knead until smooth.
  • Using a spatula, spread a thin, transparent layer onto silicone or Teflon sheets. 4.
  • Bake one at a time in a preheated oven to 320F for about 10 minutes until golden.
  • Immediately remove sheets from baking pan, allow to cool slightly and crumble.
  • Transfer to an airtight, sealed container.

Crunchy layer

  • Melt the chocolate and cream in a water bath.
  • Mix in the chopped nuts and waffle crumbs.
  • Cook it just before assembling.

Chocolate mousse

  • Soak the gelatin in cold water.
  • Melt the chocolate in the hot milk.
  • Pour in the melted gelatin. Stir until smooth.
  • Whip the cream to soft peaks and add in batches to the chocolate mixture, stirring vigorously with a whisk.

Assembly

  • Tighten the frame with the film over the bottom. Place it on a flat surface.
  • Place the first biscuit, soak it with coffee.
  • Lay out the crisp layer, spreading evenly.
  • Pour half of the mousse on top.
  • Place in the freezer for 3 minutes and let it set for a while.
  • Then biscuit again, soaking.
  • The rest of the mousse.
  • Wrap the frame in clingfilm and put in the freezer for 4 hours.
  • Remove the mold, cut the cake into 10 pieces, and place in the freezer while the glaze is cooking.

Gourmet glaze

  • Melt the chocolate in a water bath, add the butter and melted cocoa butter, pour in the chopped hazelnuts, and knead.
  • Pour into a handy mold.
  • The frosting cakes are better to take out of the freezer one by one. Prick with a fork by the bottom, dip in the frosting, shake off the excess, and transfer to a rack with the bottom down, gently removing the fork.
  • Place in the fridge to defrost.