CHOCOLATE COCONUT SPONGE CAKE
Ingredients:
• Fresh strawberries

Sponge Cake
• 250g sponge cake mix
• 5 eggs
• 50g water
• 50g corn oil

Coconut Ganache
• 150g dark chocolate
• 75g whipped cream
• 30g butter
• 50g Kara Creamed Coconut (paste)
• 50g Kara Coconut Cream

Chocolate Glaze
• 200g dark chocolate
• 50g shortening
Method:

Sponge Cake

  1. Whisk sponge cake mix and eggs at high speed for 6-7 minutes.
  2. Pour the water and continue whisking for another 3-4 minutes.
  3. Reduce the speed and gradually add in the oil.
  4. Preheat oven to 180°c (350F) and bake for 25-30 minutes.

Coconut Ganache

  1. Put whipped cream and Kara Creamed Coconut (paste) and Kara Coconut Cream in a pot and bring to the boil.
  2. Put dark chocolate in a bowl and stir in cream mixture. When mixture is cool, add in butter and stir well.

Chocolate Glaze

  1. Melt the dark chocolate over bain-marie; add in the shortening, and mix well with a wooden spatula.

Assembly

  1. Slice the sponge cake into 3 layers.
  2. Spread Coconut Ganache on top of 2 of the layers and sandwich them on top of each other; top up the last layer of the sponge cake.
  3. Glaze the cake with chocolate glaze melted at 40°C.
  4. Garnish with fresh strawberries.

Serving portion: 2 persons | Preparation time: 40 mins

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