Halfpipe Sponge with Nuts

Name: Halfpipe Sponge with Nuts
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 0.667 cup all-purpose flour; 2.5 Tbsps cocoa powder; 0.5 cup golden caster sugar; 0.5 cup sunflower oil; 0.333 cup good-quality Dark chocolate (chopped); 0.5 cup Walnut; 2 large eggs; 1.5 tsps Baking powder; 1 tsp vanilla extract; salt; 0.667 cup good-quality Dark chocolate (chopped); 1 tsp Glucose syrup; 4 Walnut

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Difficulty:

moderate

Difficulty

Preparation:

1 hr

Preparation

Ingredients

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servings

For the sponge cake: ⅔ cup all-purpose flour; 2 ½ Tbsps cocoa powder; ½ cup golden caster sugar; ½ cup sunflower oil; 0.333 cup good-quality Dark chocolate (chopped); ½ cup Walnut; 2 large eggs; 1 ½ tsps Baking powder; 1 tsp vanilla extract; salt

To garnish: ⅔ cup good-quality Dark chocolate (chopped); 1 tsp Glucose syrup; 4 Walnut

How healthy are the main ingredients?

Walnut egg salt Walnut

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Preparation steps

Preheat the oven to 170°C (150°C fan) | 325F | gas 3. Grease a 12” yule log mould with cooking spray.

Blitz the walnuts in a food processor until very fine. Transfer to a mixing bowl and sift in the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.

Stir well, then add the remaining ingredients for the cake and beat with an electric mixer for a couple of minutes until smooth, scraping down the sides from time to time.

Spoon the batter into the mould and bake for 18-25 minutes until a cake tester comes out clean from its centre.

Remove from the oven when ready and let the cake cool in its mould for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.

When the cake is cool, prepare the garnish by combining the chocolate and glucose syrup in a small heatproof bowl.

Set the bowl on top of a saucepan of gently simmering water, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth. Remove the bowl from the heat and let it cool for a few minutes.

Place the cake with the flat side down on a serving plate and pour the melted chocolate along its spine. Garnish with the 4 walnut halves in a row on top before serving.