Coffee Cup Cake

Coffee Cup Cake
Easy
Makes: 16 Yield
A rich, indulgent cake that showcases a whimsical presentation with both dark and milk chocolate, hazelnut, and coffee. The mix of these textures and flavors balances the desert perfectly.
A rich, indulgent cake that showcases a whimsical presentation with both dark and milk chocolate, hazelnut, and coffee. The mix of these textures and flavors balances the desert perfectly.
Shelf life:
3 days
Conservation:
Refrigerated
Containing: 9 Components
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Hazelnut Praline with Coffee

Ingredients

  • 1.3 lb
    Hazelnuts without skin, Toasted
  • 14.1 oz
    sugar
  • 1.1 oz
    Arabica Coffee Beans
  • 1 piece(s)
    Nielsen Massey Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Bean

Preparation

  1. Make a dry caramel with the sugar
  2. Add coffee beans and vanilla pod to the caramel, and quickly add the toasted hazeluts while still warm
  3. Mix to coat with the caramel and spread onto a silcone mat
  4. Let cool to room temperature
  5. Grind with a food processor to obtain a thick paste

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  • Saucepan
  • Silicone mat
  • Food processor
  • Heat proof spatula

Cocoa Cake

Ingredients

Preparation

  1. Whip yolks and 70g of sugar
  2. At the same time, whip the egg whites with 150g of sugar and inverted sugar
  3. In a food processor, combine the flours with the cocoa powder and blend until you obtain a homogenous flour
  4. Sift the result
  5. Mix ¾ parts of the meringue with the yolks and add the dry mixture gently and slowly. Finish aerating with the rest of the meringue
  6. Melt the butter at 50ºc
  7. Add the melted butter by thread over ¼ part of the batter and work the mixture until it has a homogeneous texture
  8. Mix into the remaining ¾ batter
  9. Spread over a silicone mat with a 1.5 cm high frame
  10. Bake in a dry convection oven - 185ºc - 12 minutes - closed draft
  11. Let cool to room temperature and freeze. 
  12. Cut into discs 4 cm in diameter.
  13. Soak the portioned discs in the Baileys Coffee & Caramel Bath and leave to rest at room temperatyure for 10 minutes before freezing the cake

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  • Offset spatula
  • Sheet Tray
  • Silicone mat
  • Bowl (s)
  • Food processor
  • 4 cm diameter Ring Cutter
  • Stand Mixer
  • Tamis
  • Rubber Spatula
  • Whip Attachment

Creamy Whipped Chocolate & Coffee

Ingredients

Preparation

  1. Combine cream with inverted sugar, and bring to a boil
  2. Scald the yolks and finish cooking the Anglaise. Add the previously hydrated gelatin
  3. Pour in intervals over the chocolate, emulsify properly
  4. Combine the instant coffee and the fresh espresso
  5. Add the coffee mixture to the chocolate base and emulsify
  6. Reserve in the fridge for a minimum of 12 hours
  7. Whip at medium speed and arrange in a bag with a #10 piping tip
  8. Pipe dots on top of the sponge cake

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  • Saucepan
  • Whisk
  • Piping Bag
  • Bowl (s)
  • Stand Mixer
  • Rubber Spatula
  • Whip Attachment
  • Piping Tip #11

Crunchy Hazelnut Gianduja

Ingredients

Preparation

  1. Place the hazelnut praline in a bowl of a stand mixer at 35ºc with the paddle
  2. Add the pre-crystallized milk chocolate
  3. Mix at minimum speed until it takes on texture
  4. Add the Pralin Feuilletine and continue to mix
  5. Portion 30 grams of gianduja per mold
  6. Insert the frozen, soaked Cocoa Cake discs

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  • Piping Bag
  • Paddle attachment*
  • Stand Mixer
  • Rubber Spatula
  • 5 cm Diameter Sphere Mold

Baileys Coffee & Caramel Bath

Ingredients

  • 2.1 oz
    sugar
  • 3.2 oz
    Whole milk
  • 3.2 oz
    heavy cream
  • 0.1 oz
    Fine sea salt
  • 8.8 oz
    espresso coffee
  • 3.2 oz
    Baileys Liqueur

Preparation

  1. Make a blonde caramel
  2. Deglaze with warmed milk and cream
  3. Add salt and allow to cool
  4. Once cold, add espresso and Baileys
  5. Reserve in the fridge

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  • Saucepan
  • Heat proof spatula

Chocolate Mousse 64%

Ingredients

Preparation

  1. Bring milk, 120g cream, and inverted sugar to a boil
  2. Blanch the yolks and bring the mixture to 84ºc
  3. Pour the hot Anglaise on top of the semi-melted chocolate and emulsify
  4. Semi-whip the remaining 265g cream and mix gently with the first mixture at about 40ºc
  5. Place into a piping bag

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  • Saucepan
  • Whisk
  • Piping Bag
  • Stand Mixer
  • Rubber Spatula
  • Whisk Attachment

Hazelnut Chocolate Glaze

Ingredients

Preparation

  1. Bring water, sugar, glucose, and inverted sugar to a boil
  2. Add the previously hydrated gelatin and condensed milk to the syrup
  3. Pour the mixture over the chocolate and emulsify with an immersion blender
  4. Add the hazelnut paste and finish emulsifying
  5. Cover the glaze with film so it does not form a skin and let it gel in the fridge for 24 hours
  6. Use at 30/32ºc

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  • Saucepan
  • Immersion blender
  • Bowl (s)
  • Plastic wrap
  • Rubber Spatula

Assembly

  1. Line the molds with a thin layer of Chocolate Hazelnut Shell
  2. Fill the molds with Chocolate Mousse 64%
  3. Place the frozen insert into the cup
  4. Freeze
  5. Unmold
  6. Dip into Hazelnut Chocolate Glaze with the help of a toothpick. Drain the excess
  7. Cover with the Dark Chocolate Molded Coffee Lids

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  • Wooden Skewers
  • Freezer
  • Coffee Cup Silicone Mold

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Submitted by De Vic on Sun, 10/22/2023 - 02:00

In the Cocoa cake recipe one ingridient is missing. It's 5.8 oz of.... ? Maybe its flour but what kind?