Valentines Day Chocolate Cake with Raspberries and a Passionfruit Ganache

Indulgent delicious and perfect for Valentines day -just a tiny slice will do  – this will serve 14

Cake

110g butter

110g light brown sugar or coconut palm sugar

3 eggs

170g gluten free flour

55g coconut flour

1tst bread soda sieved

30gr good quality cocoa powder

150ml butter milk

 

Line the base of a 23cm springform cake pan with parchment and grease the sides.

Cream the butter and sugar until well incorporated and really soft and smooth

Whisk all the dry ingredients together

Beat the eggs into the butter sugar mix then alternatively add the dry mix and buttermilk until all are totally incorporated

Pour half the mixture into the tin, press the raspberries into the mixture and cover with the rest of the mix

Bake until a skewer comes out clean approximately 40 minutes

Cool a little then remove from the tin and allow to cool completely

Chocolate Passionfruit Ganache

200gr chocolate chopped finely

100ml cream

100ml passion fruit puree

1 gelatine sheet

Bloom the gelatine in cold water

Gently heat the passion fruit puree and add the gelatine and stir to fully combine and make sure there is no trace of the gelatine

Meanwhile heat the cream to just below boiling, pour it and the passionfruit puree mix over the chocolate and stir until it has melted. Cool until it has a thick pourable consistency

Place the cake on a board the size of the base of the cake and place onto the cooling rack which sits on a baking tray. (This will catch any ganache which spills off the cake).

Pour the ganache over the centre of the cake and using a metal spatula gently spread it so that it flows over the cake and covers the sides. Keep pouring a little more until you have the sides fully covered. Let it set in a cool place – not the fridge or it will dull the ganache.