MARY BERRY'S CHOCOLATE AND ORANGE CAKE RECIPE | DELICIOUS ...
A classic Mary Berry sponge recipe for chocolate and orange cake. It’s very easy – you can make it in a food processor in minutes. If you love Mary’s recipes, we’ve also got a rich fruit cake recipe, and a malted chocolate cake. Go discover!
Provided by Mary Berry
Total Time 45 minutes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Yield Serves 8
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC/fan160°C/gas 4. Grease 2 x 20cm round sandwich tins and line the bases with baking paper. To make the sponges, measure the cocoa and boiling water into a large bowl and mix to a paste. Add the remaining ingredients and beat again until combined. (You can use a food processor for this but be careful not to overmix.)
- Divide the sponge mixture evenly between the prepared tins. Bake in the preheated oven for about 20-25 minutes until the sponges are well risen and shrinking away from the sides of the tin. Remove the sponges from the oven, turn out of their tins onto a cooling rack and leave to cool completely.
- For the icing and filling, put the chocolate and cream in a bowl, Then stand over a pan of simmering water for 10 minutes until melted (don’t let the bowl touch the water), stirring from time to time. Set aside to cool until it thickens to a spreadable consistency.
- To finish, spread the tops of both sponges with the apricot jam. Spread the top of one sponge with half the icing and put the other sponge on top. Cover the top of the cake with the remainder of the icing, then, with a small palette knife, make large S shapes in the icing to give a swirl effect. Scatter the top liberally with the chocolate curls (see our /how-to-make-chocolate-curls-video/how to make chocolate curls video) and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 643kcals, FatContent 34g (20g saturated), ProteinContent 8.6g, CarbohydrateContent 75.6g (60.8g sugars), FiberContent 3g
MARY BERRY SLOW-ROAST DUCK RECIPE | CHRISTMAS ALTERNATIVE ...
Transform your Sunday lunch with Mary Berry's slow-roasted duck with a Port & cherry sauce, as seen on her BBC series, Classic.
Provided by Mary Berry
Yield Serves 4-6
Number Of Ingredients 1
Steps:
1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan/Gas 7.
2. Sit the duck, breast side up, on a trivet in a roasting tin and dry the skin with kitchen paper – the drier it is the crisper the cooked skin will be. Rub the skin with oil and season with salt.
3. Roast in the oven for about 30 minutes or until golden. Reduce the oven temperature to 160°C/140°C fan/Gas 3 and slow-roast for 2½ hours, basting from time to time. The wings of the duck should be tender, and the legs should come away easily from the body of the bird.
4. Drain the fat from the bottom of the tin, reserving 1 tablespoon for cooking the sauce (see also tip). Increase the oven temperature to 220°C/200°C fan/Gas 7 and return the tin to the oven for 20–30 minutes or until the skin of the duck is golden and crisp. Remove from the oven to rest for 15 minutes before carving.
5. Meanwhile, make the sauce. Heat the reserved duck fat in a medium saucepan and fry the shallots over a medium-high heat for 4–5 minutes until lightly golden but not burnt. Pour in the port, wine and stock, then raise the heat and allow to bubble for 5–10 minutes until reduced by a third.
6. Add the jelly and vinegar, then strain the sauce and discard the shallots. Mix the cornflour with 3 tablespoons of water in a small bowl until smooth. Add a little of the hot sauce to the bowl and then add the mixture to the rest of the sauce in the pan. Add the cherries and carefully bring to the boil, stirring. Season with salt and pepper and boil until the sauce is glossy and thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
7. Carve the duck – it will be very tender and cooked through, not pink like a duck breast – and serve with the cherry sauce.
Cook time: 3½ hours, plus resting.
Prepare ahead: The sauce can be made up to a day ahead and reheated. The duck can be roasted 8 hours ahead if serving cold.
Mary’s Classic Tips:
* If your duck comes with the giblets, save them to make a flavoursome stock with the duck bones. It freezes well and can be used in place of the chicken stock used here.
* Keep the duck fat – it’s great for flavoursome roast potatoes.
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