1 tb Butter 160 g (5?oz) caster sugar
6 Egg whites 35 g (1?oz) cocoa
GARNISH
300 ml Cream 3 ts Rum
3 ts Caster sugar Chocolate chips
To Drink: – Sweet white wine
Level of Difficulty: Medium difficult Preparation Time: 1 hour +
setting + freezing time Prepare in Advance: Yes
Preheat the oven to its lowest setting. Grease a 2 litre/3? pint
loose-bottomed cake tin with the butter. Beat the egg whites to form
stiff peaks. Mix in half the sugar. Beta until the mixture is stiff
and shiny. Add the rest of the sugar and cocoa and beat a further 2
mins.
Pour the mixture into the prepared tin. Bake for approximately 40
mins. The cake will rise and then sink down again.
Let the cake cool in the tin. Whip the cream with sugar and rum to
taste. Spread over the top of the cake while it is still in the tin
and sprinkle with chocolate chips. Keep in the fridge overnight.
One hour before serving, put the cake in the freezer. Serve directly
from the freezer. Loosen the cake from the edges of the tin with a
sharp knife and put on a serving plate.
Yields
8 servings