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Camilla’s Cake
A cake that unites the sweetness of carrots and almonds with the citrusy scent of oranges
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Components
1. Emulsion
45 g Melted butter
84 g Sunflower oil
10 g Fresh orange peel
3 g Salt
q.b. Vanilla
300 g Whole eggs
205 g Orange juice
20 g Lemon juice
400 g Icing Sugar
205 g Almond flour
400 g Weak flour
36 g Chemical yeast (baking)
550 g Chopped carrots

Prepare an emulsion using melted butter, oil, orange peel, salt, vanilla, orange juice and lemon. Add the icing sugar and almond flour. Mix the flour and yeast, sieve and add to the mixture bit-by-bit to avoid the formation of clumps. Finally, add the chopped carrots. Add 450g of the mixture to inox strips laid onto silpat and bake at a temperature of 165°C for 35 minutes closed valve and five minutes open valve. At the end of the bake, soak with the syrup.

2. Syrup
500 g 30 bè Syrup
250 g Orange juice
125 g Alcoholic orange syrup

Make a syrup from the three ingredients.

3. Chocolate Inverse Foam
750 g Cream
400 g Edelweiss White Chocolate
5 g Powdered cinnamon
8 g Gelatine
40 g Water
q.b. Vanilla

Heat the cream with cinnamon, then add the rehydrated gelatine. Pour over the chocolate and emulsify. Cover with cling film and leave to set in the fridge for at least ten hours. Add the orange peel and beat in the stand mixer using the whisk attachment.

4. Chiara Milk Chocolate
750 g Cream
350 g Chiara Milk Chocolate
5 g Powdered cinnamon
6 g Gelatine
30 g Water
q.b. Orange Zest

Heat the cream with the cinnamon, the rehydrated gelatine, and then our over the chocolate and emulsify. Cover with cling film and leave to crystallise in the fridge for at least ten hours. Add the orange peel and give it body in the stand mixer using the whisk attachment.

5. Chocolate Caramel
250 g Vanini Aurum Caramel White Chocolate
8 g Salt
250 g Caster Sugar
250 g 35% Cream
70 g 42 DE Glucose
60 g Dextrose
50 g Butter

Heat the cream with the glucose, dextrose and butter. Begin to dry caramelise the sugar. As soon as it has reached a desired golden colour, decoct slowly with the hot cream. Wait for the mixture to cool to a temperature of 50°C and then add the Aurum chocolate. Mix and emulsify.

Assembly and decoration

Prepare the cake and chill once cooked. Prepare the foams and caramel and leave to rest. Whisk the foams up to a peak and add the whirls onto the cake while still frozen. Fill the empty spaces with caramel. Decorate according to the design.

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