Name: Mister Clown
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 5 h 40 min
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons (30 ml) grape-seed oil; 1 ¼ oz. (35 g) bittersweet chocolate, 60 percent cocoa; White and bittersweet chocolate, melted; 10 ½ oz. (300 g) bittersweet chocolate, 60 percent cocoa; 2 ½ tablespoons (50 g) honey; 1 ¼ teaspoons (5 g) baking powder; 4 tablespoons (2 ¼ oz./60 g) butter; 3 eggs; Scant cup (2 ¾ oz./80 g) cake flour; 2 ½ oz. (70 g) chopped almonds; Whipping cream, divided: 1 cup minus 3 tablespoons (200 ml) plus ½ cup minus 1 ½ tablespoons (100 ml); 2 tablespoons (½ oz./15 g) unsweetened cocoa powder; ⅓ cup (80 ml) whipping cream; Scant ½ cup (2 ¾ oz./80 g) granulated sugar; Generous ½ cup (1 ¾ oz./50 g) ground blanched* almonds; 6 ⅓ oz. (180 g) bittersweet chocolate, 60 percent cocoa; Bittersweet chocolate Chantilly mousse; Various fruit coulis, store bought or homemade, in bowls, with brushes or with pipettes

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
6 hr

Appears in

Encyclopedia of Chocolate

By Frédéric Bau and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Published 2017

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Ingredients

Chocolate cake

1 ¼ oz. (35 g) bittersweet chocolate, 60 percent cocoa
4 tablespoons<

Method

Prepare the chocolate cake batter. Use the ingredients given opposite. Place the rectangular frame on a lined baking sheet, or use a cake pan. Pour the batter into the pan or frame and bake for about 8 to 10 minutes, until a knife tip or cake tester comes out dry. Leave to cool and cut out eight disks the same size as the pastry circles.

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