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Bouche Cakes

Individual sponge cakes with whipped cream and a chocolate shell made of candy melts. Light, festive and not complicated at all.
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Resting and chilling 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 58 minutes
Servings: 8 pieces
Course: Pastries
Cuisine: Home cooking

Ingredients
  

Sponge
  • 3 eggs
  • 100 g flour
  • 100 g sugar
Filling
  • 200 ml heavy cream 33%
  • 1 tbsp powdered sugar
Decoration
  • 80 g dark candy melts
  • 15 g white candy melts
  • vegetable oil flavorless, a small amount

Method
 

Sponge
  1. Separate the whites from the yolks. Whip the whites into a fluffy foam, gradually adding half of the sugar.
  2. Whip the second half of the sugar with the yolks until pale.
  3. To lighten the mixture, fold a small part of the whites into the yolks, mix, and only then combine everything. Sift the flour and gently fold in with a spatula.
  4. Transfer the batter to a piping bag and pipe circles onto parchment following a pre-drawn template, leaving good space between them.
  5. Bake for 15-18 minutes, no more. Remove, let cool, peel off the parchment and leave on the counter for a couple of hours so the sponge can rest.
Glaze and decoration
  1. Melt the dark candy melts over a water bath and stir in a little flavorless vegetable oil. Dip half of the sponge circles into the glaze and leave to set.
  2. Melt the white candy melts directly in a piping bag over a water bath and draw lines on the chocolate shells. Leave to set.
Assembly
  1. Whip the heavy cream with the powdered sugar, transfer to a piping bag and pipe onto the plain sponge halves.
  2. Cover with the chocolate shells and place the cakes in the fridge for a couple of hours, or better yet overnight. Bon appetit!
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Notes

The cakes need to soak in the fridge - at least a couple of hours, but overnight is best.