Gateau Africain (Must try AAA+++)

Wuah I've made this cake, nice taste...slurppppp. For the custard I added Mandarin oranges and a bit of oranges skin. For the garniss actually you can sprinkle it with whatever topping you like or leave it plain. The garnish you can use like cocoa powder, icing sugar, sweetened cocoa powder or cinnamon powder. The best for this cake its cocoa powder but I'm not using it coz I worried my kids don't like ( sometimes they complaint its too bitter if I put cocoa powder ).

GATEAU AFRICAIN

modified by me

* Sponge cake ( feel free to use your favorite chocolate sponge cake recipe )

• 100gr flour
• 45 gr cocoa powder ( I use van houten )
• 30 gr milk powder
• 1/2 tsp of baking powder
• 8 eggs yolks
• 3 eggs whites
• 125gr powdered sugar
• 1 Tsp emulsifier ( I use ovalet)
• 175gr butter ( melted )
• 2 Tsp cocoa powder ( garnish )

* Custard

• 2 Tsp Custard Powder
• 45gr corn flour
• 500 ml fresh milk
• 90 gr castor sugar
• 3tsp rhum
• 1 can of Mandarin oranges ( drained )

* Instruction for custard : Boil custard powder, corn flour, fresh milk and sugar, stir until it reaches boiling point and keep stirring until it thickens. Remove from heat, let it warm slightly and stir in rhum and oranges.

*Rhum syrup

• 60 ml water
• 80 gr castor sugar
• 3 Tsp rhum

* Instruction for rhum : Mix sugar and water, boil the mixture until the sugar dissolves (doesn’t have to reach boiling point). Let cool first and add in rhum.

*Instruction for the cake :

1. Heat the oven at 180 degree Celcius. Butter cake pan ( I use 22cm cake pan ).
2. Sift flour, cocoa powder, milk powder and baking powder , put aside.
3. Beat eggs on high speed until it rises. Beat in sugar gradually while beating until thick and pale, add emulsifier, beat it in another 5 minutes. Turn off the mixer.
4. Sift flour mixture into the batter.
5. add the melted butter to it.
6. Pour batter into cake pan, bake for about 45 minutes. Remove from oven, cool on rack. when its cool turn cake into rack.
7. slice the cake horizontally into two or three layers.
8. Wet the first layer with rhum, when the custard is still warm, pour 1/2 of it onto the first cake layer , spread it quickly before it gets cooled. Put the second layer on custard, push a little . Wet the second layer surface with rhum syrup and Pour all custard onto the second layer, spread evenly. Put the third layer on custard, push a little bit to perfect its shape. Sprinkle the garnish whatever you like..the best for this cake its cocoa powder.

Happy baking....