Peanut tea cake with blackberries

Just look at these beautiful colors! No artificial colorants added! All thanks to the blackcurrants, as well as peanuts and caramelized chocolate...
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Peanut tea cake with blackberries

Ingredients

Peanut sponge cake
sugar
90g
3.15oz
0.36cup
6tbsp
eggs
56g
1.96oz
3.75tbsp
powdered sugar
18g
0.63oz
1.21tbsp
peanut flour
140g
4.90oz
0.56cup
9.38tbsp
salt
1g
0.04oz
0.07tbsp
flour
39g
1.37oz
2.61tbsp
baking powder
2g
0.07oz
0.13tbsp
egg whites
94g
3.29oz
0.38cup
6.30tbsp
brown sugar
14g
0.49oz
1tbsp
butter
80g
2.80oz
0.32cup
5.36tbsp
Blackcurrant coulis
glucose syrup
37g
1.25fl oz
blackcurrant puree #1
75g
2.63oz
0.30cup
5tbsp
pear/apple puree
75g
2.63oz
0.30cup
5tbsp
sugar
37g
1.30oz
2.48tbsp
pectin NH
4.5g
0.16oz
0.30tbsp
blackcurrant puree #2
100g
3.50oz
0.40cup
6.70tbsp
Caramel chocolate ganache
caramel chocolate
310g
10.85oz
1.24cup
20.77tbsp
glucose syrup
25g
0.85fl oz
invert sugar syrup
25g
0.85fl oz
cream 33%
250g
8.45fl oz
Whipped blackcurrant ganache
white chocolate 34%
150g
5.25oz
0.60cup
10tbsp
cream 33% #1
110g
3.72fl oz
gelatin
3g
0.11oz
0.20tbsp
blackcurrant puree
125g
4.38oz
0.50cup
8.38tbsp
cream 33% #2
125g
4.23fl oz
Courmet chocolate glaze
caramel chocolate
300g
10.50oz
1.20cup
20tbsp
vegetable oil
100g
3.38fl oz
roasted and chopped nuts
100g
3.50oz
0.40cup
6.70tbsp

Method

Peanut sponge cake layers

  • All the ingredients should be room temperature!
  • Combine the eggs with a little amount of powdered sugar and regular sugar, and whip the mixture.
  • Add the rest of the sugar, followed by the salt, peanut and wheat flour as well as baking powder. Mix carefully, and then pour in the melted (and cooled) butter.
  • Whip the egg whites with brown sugar, and then start gradually adding them to the main mixture (in several steps).
  • Transfer the cake batter to a 30*40cm (11.80-15.75 inch) baking tray, even it out a bit, and bake it at 150C (302F) for about 15-20 minutes. Let the biscuit cool, and then transfer it to the freezer to chill.

Blackcurrant coulis

  • In a saucepan, combine pear puree, blackcurrant puree #1 and glucose syrup, and heat the mixture to 40C (104F).
  • Combine the sugar and pectin, and then sprinkle the mixture on top of the puree, while whisking it constantly. Bring the mixture to a boil, and then cook it for 1 more minute.
  • Mix it all together, and let the coulis cool for a little while, and then pour it over the sponge biscuit base, and transfer it to the freezer.

Carameliz chocolate ganache

  • Combine the cream, the glucose syrup and the invert syrup. Bring the mixture to a boil.
  • Pour it over the chocolate, and pulse the mixture with a blender until smooth and completely combined.
  • Cover the mixture with some plastic wrap as closely as possible, and leave it either at 17-18C (62.6-64.4F) or in the fridge overnight to stabilize.
  • Pour it over the coulis layer, even it out a bit, and then transfer the cake back to the freezer for the ganache to set.

Whipped blackcurrant ganache

  • Bring the cream #1 to a boil, and add the bloomed gelatin.
  • Pour the mixture over the chocolate, and pulse with a blender.
  • Add the chilled blackcurrant puree followed by the rest of the cream, and then pulse the mixture one more time.
  • Transfer it to the fridge for at least 6-8 hours to stabilize.

Remember to whip the mixture to stiff peaks before topping the cake with it.

Gourmet chocolate glaze

  • Melt the chocolate, and pour the vegetable oil into it.
  • Pulse the mixture with a blender, and add the chopped nuts.
  • Leave the mixture to cool to 25C (77F) before you start working with it, and then glaze the freezed cake.

Cake assembling

  • Cut the cake topped with coulis and ganache into three 6*20cm (2.40-7.90inch) stripes, and then put them on top of each other. Ttransfer the cake to the freezer.
  • Once it has chilled, glaze it with the Gourmet chocolate glaze, and add some whipped blackcurrant ganache on top for decoration.