Cake Guinda

A well-rounded combination of unique flavours in which Ocumare dark chocolate and cherry join forces to leave an unforgettable final impact on your taste buds.

almond sponge cake

ingredients preparation
  • 150g
    Toasted almond flour
  • 190g
    Egg yolks
  • 130g
    Sugar (1)
  • 120g
    All purpose flour
  • 90g
    Butter
  • 230g
    Egg whites
  • 85g
    Sugar (2)

Whisk the egg whites with the sugar (2).
Blanch the yolks with the sugar (1).
Add the solids, the whisked meringue and finally the butter.
Spread out in a 5 mm frame and cook at 170ºC for 11 minutes.
Cut 14 cm diameter disks.

Light tonka bean cream

ingredients preparation

Boil the milk and infuse the tonka bean for 3 minutes.
Strain and emulsify with the rest of the ingredients except the cream.
Add the chilled cream at the end, strain and keep in the fridge.

Cherry compote

ingredients preparation
  • 200g
    Griotte cherries
  • 460g
    Cherry pulp
  • 100g
    Tremoline
  • 160g
    Sugar
  • 10g
    Lemon juice
  • 40g
    Kirsch
  • 15g
    NH pectin

Cook the cherries with the pulp, the lemon juice and the tremoline and blend.
Add the sugar mixed with the pectin and boil.
Remove from the heat and when cooled slightly add the kirsch.
Leave to gel in the fridge.

Crème anglaise

ingredients preparation
  • 295g
    Cream
  • 120g
    Egg yolk
  • 60g
    Sugar
  • 295g
    Milk

Heat the cream and milk to 50ºC, add the egg yolks and sugar mixture and cook at 82ºC.

Dark chocolate mousse (creme anglaise)

ingredients preparation

Emulsify the black coverage with the crème anglaise.
When this mixture is heated to over 40ºC, gradually add the semi-whipped cream.

Cocoa Glaze

ingredients preparation

Bring the water, cream, milk powder, sugar, glucose and dextrose to the boil.
Add the powdered cocoa and boil again.
Add the gelatin, mix with the blender and strain.
Add the neutral nappage glaze and leave to crystallize for 24 hours in the fridge.
Heat to 35-38ºC.

Red glazing

ingredients preparation

Cook the water with the sugars up to 103ºC.
Emulsify in a food processor with the white chocolate and the gelatin mass.
Add the condensed milk and mix.
Lastly add the neutral nappage glaze and colouring.
Blend in the food processor and strain.
Heat to 35-38 ºC.

Assembly

Others: 

2.5cm wide dark chocolate ribbon
Chocolate cherry


Cut a 14 cm disc from the almond cake and place in a ring with acetate.
Pour over 150 g of the light tonka bean cream and freeze.
Arrange 140 g of the cherry compote on top of the cream and freeze.
Make the dark chocolate mousse and pour 300 g into the silicone mould.
Place the frozen interior in the centre and freeze again.
Remove the chocolate mousse from the mould.
Mix the two melted glazes and coat the frozen item.
Decorate the cake with the dark chocolate ribbon around it and the cherry on top.