The Queen's favorite cake is actually a German children's birthday classic
Created: 09/19/2022, 18:30
By: Anne Tessin
The Queen lived for 96 years and during all these years she developed a special love for a chocolate cake, which children especially like here.
On the occasion of the mourning of Queen Elizabeth II, details from her life are discussed again and again.
A particularly sweet thing is certainly her soft spot for cakes.
But not just any cake.
It had to be chocolate cake and she never left a piece behind, says Darren McGrady, who was the chef for the Queen and other royals for 15 years.
One ingredient makes the Queen's favorite chocolate cake particularly British: tea biscuits - English biscuits that are traditionally served with tea.
The sweet biscuits in the recipe McGrady shares not only give the cake a special flavor, but also a special look — which might look familiar to you.
You don't have to bake the chocolate cake that Queen Elizabeth II loved.
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The chocolate cake that Queen Elizabeth II loved: You need these ingredients
For the cake:
230 g English tea biscuits (alternative: butter biscuits)
120 g butter, soft
120 grams of sugar
120g dark chocolate
1 egg, size
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some butter to grease the mold
For the icing:
230g dark chocolate
30 g milk chocolate for decoration
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Here's how to make the chocolate cake that Queen Elizabeth II loved
You don't need to preheat the oven for this cake because it doesn't need to be baked.
Grease the edges of a 26 cm springform pan and line the bottom with baking paper.
Break the biscuits into roughly almond-sized pieces.
In a bowl, beat the sugar and butter with a hand mixer until lightened.
Melt the dark chocolate in a water bath and then add it lukewarm and slowly to the butter-sugar mixture.
Then add the egg and beat thoroughly.
Now carefully fold in the biscuit pieces.
Pour the batter into the prepared springform pan, trying to spread it out evenly so there aren't too many gaps.
Let the cake set in the fridge for about three hours.
After cooling, loosen the rim of the springform pan and turn the cake upside down onto a wire rack.
Now melt the chocolate for the icing in a water bath and spread it on and around the cake with a spoon or spatula.
Allow the chocolate to set, use a knife to cut once under the cake to loosen it from the wire rack, then lift onto a cake stand or cake plate.
Now melt the remaining chocolate and spread it decoratively on the finished cake.
Experienced hobby bakers have already noticed that the chocolate cake that Queen Elizabeth II loved is basically just a slightly finer variant of the cold dog or the Greek mosaic cake.
Give it a try and remember his biggest royal fan as you enjoy.
