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Holiday Week End

Chocolate and almond cake, topped with crunchy glaze and caramel cream.
Gaetano Mignano Giancarlo Alosa Salvatore Toma
Gaetano Mignano Giancarlo Alosa Salvatore Toma
Components
1. Aurum Chocolate Cake
500 g Butter
300 g Vanini Aurum Caramel White Chocolate
10 g Salt
q.b. Vanilla
300 g Sugar
100 g Inverted Sugar
400 g whole eggs
100 g egg whites
400 g weak flour
100 g potato starch
35 g baking
400 g Spiced Milk Chocolate Chunks
500 g Almond flour
100 g sunflower oil
100 g alcohol

Melt the butter, chocolate and oil at a temperature of 40°C: emulsify with the eggs and egg whites. Pour into the stand mixer with the sugars, salt, aromas and almond flour, then mix with the flat beater. Add the sieved powders at the end. Add the alcohol and finally the frozen chunks. Fill the moulds, make a cut on the top and bake at a temperature of 150-155°C for 35-40 minutes.

2. Almond Praline Cremino
500 g soft butter
300 g Artisan roasted almond praline
700 g Vanini Aurum Caramel White Chocolate
200 g lotus fine biscuit nibs

Mix the butter and almonds with the flat beater in the stand mixer. Add the tempered chocolate and finally the praline nibs.

3. Cremino Frosting with Spiced Milk Chunks
1000 g Spiced Milk Chocolate Chunks
100 g sunflower oil
300 g Artisan roasted almond praline
80 g lotus biscuit nibs
80 g Crunchy Flakes
80 g fine almond nibs

Temper the chunks; add all of the other ingredients.

4. Fruity Soak
1000 g syrup 30 bè
500 g Water
250 g vodka

Mix all the ingredients Use on the cake at the end of the bake. Soak thoroughly.

Assembly and decoration

Make the cake, and prepare the syrup. Soak the cake as soon as you take it out of the oven. Leave to rest overnight. Make the whisked cremino and glaze over the surface. Place in the fridge and chill. Frost, decorate according to the theme.

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Chocolatey Christmas
by
Gaetano Mignano
Giancarlo Alosa
Salvatore Toma