Mulled wine and orange cake

AUTHOR
Bill Macdonald
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
75 mins
TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 16
  • 4 Oranges
  • 500 ml Mulled wine
  • 75 g Walnut kernels
  • 4 Eggs (size M)
  • 2 packages Vanillin sugar
  • 100 g Sugar
  • 40 g Cornstarch
  • 60 g Flour
  • 400 g Dark chocolate coating
  • 400 g Whipped cream
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Orange liqueur
  • 7-10 Tbsp Chocolate Rolls
  • 7-10 Tbsp Cling film

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel oranges so that the white skin is completely removed. Bring mulled wine to the boil in a pot, remove from the heat and put oranges in. Cover with foil and leave to stand overnight.

  2. 2

    Finely grind the walnuts in the universal chopper. Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites, 1 packet of vanillin sugar and sugar with the whisks of the hand mixer until stiff. Stir in egg yolks. Carefully fold in starch, flour and walnuts.

  3. 3

    Line the bottom of a springform pan (26 cm Ø) with baking paper. Fill in sponge cake mixture and smooth it down. Bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for 12-15 minutes.

  4. 4

    Take out, turn onto a cake rack, remove baking paper, let the base cool down.

  5. 5

    Coarsely chop the chocolate coating and melt it over a warm water bath. Add 100 g cream and mix. Remove from the water bath, stir in orange liqueur and let it cool down while stirring occasionally. Whip 300 g cream with the whisk of the hand mixer until stiff, while pouring in 1 sachet of vanilla sugar.

  6. 6

    Carefully stir the whipped cream into the lukewarm chocolate cream.

  7. 7

    Remove the oranges from the mulled wine and drain well. Cut oranges into slices. Cut the sponge cake in half horizontally. Place the bottom cake layer on a cake plate, spread with half of the chocolate mousse and cover with half of the orange slices.

  8. 8

    Place the second sponge cake on top and do the same with the rest of the mousse and oranges. Decorate with chocolate rolls and chill for at least 2 hours.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
360 kcal
CARBS
32 g
FATS
21 g
PROTEINS
5 g