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Chocolate ganache and raspberry cake

CHOCOLATE GANACHE AND RASPBERRY CAKE
12
1H 15M

Ingredients

Chocolate ganache

Method

1.Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease a deep 22cm-round cake pan; line base and side with baking paper.
2.Blend cocoa powder with the hot water in a small bowl until smooth.
3.Stir chocolate and butter in medium heatproof bowl over medium saucepan of simmering water until melted. Remove pan from heat; stir in cocoa mixture, sugar, ground almonds and egg yolks.
4.Beat egg whites in clean small bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form; fold into chocolate mixture, in two batches. Pour mixture into pan.
5.Bake about 1¼ hours. Stand cake in pan 15 minutes, before turning onto wire rack to cool.
6.Meanwhile, to make chocolate ganache, stir ingredients in small saucepan over low heat until smooth.
7.Arrange berries on cake; pour ganache over cake to partially cover the berries. Stand at room temperature until set.

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