Divine Chocolate’s Stem Ginger & Chocolate Chunk Cake

Having found out all about Divine Fairtrade Chocolate (and Kuapa Kokoo) I was keen to use some of the chocolate in cooking.

The Bad (But Not Ugly)

My first attempt did not go well. I wanted to make a light coffee chocolate mousse using Divine coffee milk chocolate, the flavour I’ve consumed so many kilos of over the years. A friend passed on a link to a Raymond Blanc video in which he makes an egg white mousse instead of the usual egg yolk, butter and cream version. Of course, in his recipe he uses a completely different kind of chocolate. But I thought I could surely adapt the idea so I went ahead. The first problem I had was melting the chocolate. I use the microwave to melt chocolate these days and usually it does a fantastic job. For some reason, in this case, the chocolate seized up and the only way I could persuade it to melt was to add some boiling water and beat it into submission. Worried the egg white wasn’t stiff enough, I am sure I over did it, beating it in the Magimix. With a sinking feeling, I went ahead and mixed together the melted chocolate, a tiny bit of sugar and the beaten egg white and poured it into some pretty dishes and popped it into the fridge. Sadly, it never did become any more solid than the thick liquid I poured from the mixing bowl and whilst it tasted very nice, it was a big fat failure.

The Good

So, for my second attempt, I was determined to use a recipe. And not just any old chocolate recipe but one from Divine’s own recipe book, Heavenly Chocolate Recipes With A Heart.

Divine Chocolate's Stem Ginger & Chocolate Chunk Cake

This is a lovely, rich ginger chocolate cake. The flavours of the black treacle and honey both come through clearly and I like the little burst of ginger flavour as you bite down on a piece of stem ginger. Having the chocolate in chunks is also a nice change from using cocoa powder in the cake mix. This one’s definitely a keeper.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes

Ingredients

  • 50 g light muscovado sugar
  • 2 tbsp black treacle
  • 75 g honey
  • 85 g unsalted butter
  • 100 ml milk
  • 75 g chopped glacé ginger (also known as stem ginger)
  • 1 large free range egg (beaten)
  • 225 g plain flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 100 g Divine milk chocolate
  • 1 lb loaf tin
  • butter & flour to line tin

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F / Gas Mark 4.

  • Place the sugar, black treacle, honey, butter, milk and chopped ginger into a large pan and heat gently until melted together.

  • Remove the pan from the heat and leave to cool for a couple of minutes before stirring in the egg.

  • Sift the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda into the pan and mix well.

  • Break up the chocolate into small pieces and stir in.

  • Transfer the mixture to the loaf tin and spread evenly.

  • Bake for 45-50 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

  • Leave to cool completely in the tin before turning out.

  • Store in an airtight container. Will last up to a week.



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6 Comments to "Divine Chocolate’s Stem Ginger & Chocolate Chunk Cake"

  1. Jojo

    This recipe was on my calendar for this month December 2015. I made this Stem Ginger& Chocolate Chunk cake, its delicious so easy to make, stem ginger in syrup from Tesco. All other ingredients I had already. Will be making it again.

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