Chocolate bomb on your plate

Chocolate bomb 

Chocolates bring smiles on our faces; mend broken hearts in a jiffy, fix a distorted mood and what more, they come with health benefits too. Wouldn't it be great to invite guests and whip up some easy-to-make chocolate recipes at home for an ultimate dessert delight? 

Pastry Chef Savio Fernandes of JW Marriott Mumbai shares two of his signature chocolate- based recipes that can be prepared at the click of a finger while guaranteeing a blissful treat. 

Dark Chocolate sponge 
Ingredients 
Eggs: 5 
Castor Sugar: 125 gms 
Refined flour: 100 gms 
Cocoa powder: 25 gms 

Method: 
-Whisk eggs and sugar together till the ribbon stage is reached. 
-Sieve the flour and the cocoa powder together. 
-Fold the flour lightly into the egg mixture, put the mixture in dusted cake mould with flour and melted butter. 
-Bake the cake in a preheated oven at 180 C for 25 - 30 minutes. 
-Demould the cake sponge and let it cool on a wire rack. 

Chocolate mousse 
Ingredients 
Egg whites: 100 ml 
Sugar: 80 gms 
Melted chocolate: 300 gms 
Whipped cream: 400 ml 

Method: 
-Make meringue with the egg whites and the sugar. 
-Add the melted chocolate to it and mix well. 
-Fold in the whipped cream along with the chocolate mixture. 

If you still can't get enough of the two chocolate delicacies, then blend the two to create aChocolate Bombe. And this is how you do it: 

Assembling the Chocolate bombe 
-Cut the Chocolate sponge into 3 equal layers. 
-Take a dome shaped cake mould and line it with the chocolate sponge and soak it with the sugar syrup. 
-Put a layer of chocolate mousse and cover with another chocolate sponge, repeat till you have the third layer. 
-Allow the cake to set over night in the freezer. 
-Demould the cake and glaze it with chocolate Ganache. 
-Let it set and serve the chocolate bombe with some chocolate garnishes. 

There you go! You are in for a chocolate explosion...