Chocolate Kumquat Cake

Name: Chocolate Kumquat Cake
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 8-10
Ingredients: 25 g (1 oz) cocoa powder; 150 g (5 oz) vanilla caster sugar; 125 g (4 oz) plain chocolate; a pinch of salt; 125 g (4 oz) unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing; 75 g (3 oz) bitter chocolate, broken into pieces; 2 tablespoons milk; 500 g (1 lb) kumquats; 300 ml (½ pint) water; 45 g (1¼ oz) self-raising flour; 3 large eggs (size 2); 25 g (1 oz) unsalted butter; 150 g (5 oz) granulated sugar

Preparation info

Serves
8-10

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1987

About

A flat, rich cake glazed with chocolate and served still warm with poached kumquats in a tangy syrup.

Ingredients

For the poached kumquats

500 g (1 lb) kumquats
150 g (5

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Oven temperature Gas Mark 2/150°C/300°F

Preheat the oven. For the poached kumquats: wash the kumquats, remove the stalks and halve them lengthways. Place them in a pan with the sugar and water. Bring to the boil and simmer very gently for 30 minutes. Serve the warm poach