This dish serves eight people (Image: Theo Randall)
is all about enjoying great food and spending time with loved ones and this will certainly hit the mark.
The dish comes from chef Theo Randall and is his honey, chocolate and chestnut cake.
And cooks can’t get more Christmassy with the likes of chestnut in the . The dish serves eight people, perfect for dining up with family or friends this festive period.
There are only five ingredients needed to make the delicious cake and a total of five steps to follow.
The can even get little hands involved with kids helping to mix the bake.
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The dish doesn’t require many ingredients (Image: Getty)
How to make Christmas honey, chocolate and chestnut cake recipe:
Ingredients:
- 200g dark chocolate 70% cocoa solids
- 150g unsalted butter
- 300g chestnut spread ( creme de marrons)
- Six eggs, medium size
- 100g honey
Get your baking skills at the ready (Image: Getty)
Method:
Firstly, preheat oven to 160C. Melt the chocolate and butter in a large bowl on a bane marie, stir when melted so the chocolate and butter are combined.
Next, take off the heat and leave to cool for a couple of minutes, then stir in the chestnut spread, egg yolks and honey, mix so all ingredients are emulsified, and leave to one side.
Whisk the egg whites to soft peaks and then carefully fold in a quarter of the beaten egg whites to the chocolate, honey and chestnut mixture, when mixed in, fold the rest of the egg whites keeping it as aerated as possible.
Pour the mixture into a lined 24cm cake tin with grease-proof paper. Bake for 45 minutes at 160C.
Take out of the oven and place the cake tin on a wire rack to cool. When the cake has cooled down completely, turn it out of the tin put the cake onto a flat serving plate and dust the top of the cake in icing sugar.