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Rachel Allen’s Divine Rich Chocolate Cake recipe #Ballymaloe  😋 😍  🇮🇪


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Happy Sunday!
This Divine Rich Chocolate Cake recipe is from my 2nd cookbook, Rachel’s Favourite Food For Friends (published in 2005), that I come back to time & time again. This is a super quick to make and completely delicious cake that’s a bit brownie-like, a bit moussey-like, and can be made using ground almonds or flour, so super versatile. And, it keeps for ages, if you can keep it!
I made 2 this morning, one for home and one for a friend’s (belated) birthday!
Here’s the recipe below!
Serves 6-8
A little soft butter, for greasing the tin
150g dark chocolate, chopped
125g butter
150g caster sugar
3 eggs, whisked to break up
50g ground almonds or plain flour

For the Chocolate Glaze:
110g dark chocolate , chopped
2 tbsp milk or cream
50g butter

Preheat the oven to 160’C/Fan 145.
Butter the sides of a 20cm round cake tin (or spring form tin ) and line the bottom with grease proof or parchment paper.
Place the chocolate, butter and sugar in a bowl sitting over a saucepan of simmering water, and melt. Stir until smooth then beat in the eggs and fold in the ground almonds or sifted flour. Feel free to add orange zest, vanilla, sea salt, cardamom, ginger etc!
Pour the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 35-45 minutes until the centre feels just set in the centre, but it will still be gorgeously moist. Allow to cool in the tin .
To make the chocolate glaze , melt all the ingredients together and stir until smooth, allow to cool a little until it has thickened slightly ( about 10 minutes) but do not place in the fridge as it will lose it’s glossy sheen .
Take the cooled cake out of the tin and place on a plate or cake stand , and pour the glaze over the top , letting it drizzle down the sides.
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Roast Peaches with Raspberry Coulis & Vanilla Ice-Cream by Lilly Higgins with Dáithí Ó Sé @rtetoday

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Honey Ice-Cream with Fruit & Raspberry Coulis + Tahini Yogurt Dip by @lilly_higgins_

Recipe, Method & Chef’s Top Tip below 👇
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From creamy homemade honey ice-cream with charred fruit to a vibrant tahini yogurt dip topped with crispy herbs and crunchy dukkah pitta chips — these dishes are perfect for sunny gatherings and summer entertaining ☀️🍑

Honey Ice-Cream Ingredients
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
80g sugar
500ml cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 tbsp honey
3 nectarines or peaches
1 tsp olive oil
250g raspberries
1 tbsp honey
Squeeze of lemon juice

Tahini Yogurt Dip Ingredients
500g carrots
400g SKYR
1 garlic clove
Juice of ½ lemon
2 tbsp tahini
Olive oil
Parsley, basil, fennel, chives
Sesame seeds
Chopped hazelnuts
2 pitta breads
1 tbsp dukkah

Method

Whisk eggs, yolk and sugar until pale and thick. Fold through whipped cream, vanilla and honey, then layer into a loaf tin and freeze until set.
Blitz raspberries with honey and lemon juice for the coulis. Grill peaches or nectarines until charred and juicy.
Mix SKYR, tahini, garlic and lemon juice. Fry herbs briefly in olive oil until crisp.
Brush pittas with olive oil, sprinkle with dukkah and bake until crisp.
Serve the tahini yogurt topped with roasted carrots, crispy herbs, nuts and pitta chips.

Chef’s Top Tip
Leave the honey ice-cream out for 10 minutes before slicing for the perfect creamy texture 🍦

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Traditional Brown Bread @CookWithAvonmore

Recipe cooking time 1 Hour Recipe cooking time 2 Loaf Tins

Ingredients

  • 640g Plain Flour
  • 340g Wholemeal Flour
  • 20g Oat Bran
  • 20g Wheat Bran
  • 1tsp Bread Soda
  • 1.5 tbsp Brown Sugar
  • 1tsp Salt
  • 870ml of Avonmore Buttermilk

Recipe cooking time 1 Hour Recipe cooking time 2 Loaf Tins

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180ºC/ 350ºF/ Gas Mark 4.
  2. Using a large mixer with the spade attachments, mix all the dry ingredients together for 2-3 mins.
  3. Pour in the Avonmore Buttermilk and continue to mix for another 4 minutes until everything has mixed evenly throughout.
  4. Grease 2 standard loaf tins with butter or oil. Spoon the mix into both tins until approximately 3/4 full.
  5. Bake on the middle shelf of your oven for 1hr, then turn the bread out onto a wire rack and leave to cool. Enjoy!

Cook times and temperatures vary, you may need to adjust in accordance with the manufacturer’s guidelines.

https://www.avonmore.ie/recipes/traditional-brown-bread?