Fresh Strawberry & Ganache Cake

It is strawberry season, and there are fresh strawberry available all over the market.  Chocolate and Strawberry  is a heavenly and romantic combination. So tried to make something special out of this combination. It was well appreciated.

Ingredient

For the Cake

Flour/maida - 250gm

Granulated sugar – 250gm
Butter – 250gm
Egg - 250gm (ie. 5eggs)
Baking powder - 1tsp
Vanilla essence - 1tsp

For the Icing

Dark cooking chocolate – 300gm
Cream – 200gm ( I use Amul Tetrapak cream)
Fresh Strawberry - 20
Silver balls - 20

Method

For the Cake

1. Sever flour & baking powder together .

2. Powder the granulated sugar .
3. Preheat the oven to 180⁰c for 5 min.
4. In a bowl beat the soft butter and sugar powder ( 1 min with a beater or 5/6 min with hand)
5. To this add egg and beat. ( 2 min with beater or about 8 min by hand).
6. Add essence and mix .
7. Now fold in the flour.
8. Grease and dust a 8” x 8” round container
9. Pour the mixture into it.
10. Bake at 18⁰0c for 45 min or till the knife come out clean
11. Transfer it to a rack and let it cool completely about 2 hrs. OR you can prepare it overnight.

For the icing

12.  Boil the cream, when it starts boiling, switch of the heat.
13.  Add the grated white chocolate and mix well, the white chocolate starts melting.
14.  When the mixture becomes a thick liquid, sieve it with the big meshed sieve.
15.  When it cools down, it is ready for icing.

To assemble the cake

 
16.   In a bowl cut 5 to 6 strawberry in to small piece
17.   To this mix 2 tbsp of the ganache. Mix well .
18.   Cut the cake horizontally from the center to make 2 equal half.
19.   Place the bottom half of the cake on the icing stand.
20.   Spread the ganache and strawberry mixture evenly on this.
21.   Now place the other half of the cake on top of it in a sandwich form.  
22.   Spread the remaining Ganache on top of the cake and spread all over the cake and the sides, evening.
23.   Cut the remaining strawberry into thin slices lengthwise.
24.   Now decorate the ganache covered cake with these strawberry and sliver balls.
25.   Refrigerate this cake for a hour or till it sets.

Now it is ready to cut and taste.