Monday, March 20, 2017

Thierry Busset's Ten Layer Coffee Chocolate Cake


This months Cake Slice cake was made with much excitement! We're celebrating my husband birthday! He's a coffee lover, and lately has become a fan of chocolate cake! With this in mind, choosing this months cake made it simple. 


The cake is a chocolate Genoise, soaked with a coffee liqueur syrup. Layered with a delicious chocolate mousse. Finished with a chocolate glacage. Sinfully delicious! 
Not only did I choose this cake because I knew my husband would love it, but because the recipe would introduce me to new ingredients and techniques I had never tried. The mousse was made with  eight egg yolk, scared me a little, but went with it. Loved the mousse, the best I've had so far! The glacage called for liquid glucose, which I had never worked with. 


Unfortunately due to my budget I was not able to acquire the three different semi-sweet chocolates the recipe called for. I used dark chocolate chips, but still curious how the cake would have resulted if I had purchased the correct chocolate. 
The cake turned out to be delicious regardless. I do want to warn you this cake is rich, deliciously  rich! If your a coffee-chocolate lover then this cake is for you! 







8 comments:

Gina said...

That looks really good Anabel. I bet it tasted wonderful too!

Carlee said...

I am so glad you made this cake and that it turned out as delicious as it looked. Ehat a stunner!

Kim said...

I was really tempted to bake this cake this month, but knew I didn't have the time to dedicate to it. After seeing yours, though, it's definitely on my to do list.

Fearlessly Creative Mammas said...

Oh my heart that chocolate glossy glacage is sensational. Now I want to bake this too. This challenge is creating a cake monster out of me :)

Hazel said...

ooohh Anabel! That cake look amazing! I am so impressed you tried it.. I read through and thought nope, nope, nope!! Well done you.. and belated Happy Birthday to your Hubby :) Hazel x

All That's Left Are The Crumbs said...

Your husband must have been thrilled with his birthday cake. At some stage I would like to go back and try making this cake too but it is going to have to be when I have lots of people in the house to eat it all up so I am not tempted to do so :)

kitchen flavours said...

Happy Belated Birthday to your hubby! The cake is gorgeous and looks super chocolaty good! I'm glad that it was a success! A perfect cake for a birthday!

Emily said...

Wishing your hubby A Happy Belated Birthday!

Your cake is absolutely gorgeous and totally baked with love! It is too huge a cake for my household, unless I bake a third of it!