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MOCHA CAKE

for 1 cake d=16 cm and h=6 cm


Mocha Cake
for 1 cake d=16 cm and h=6 cm

GENOISE SPONGE

Ingredients Total weight: ~ 529 g 100%

• Whole eggs 230 g 44%


• Sugar 123 g 23%
• Inverted sugar/honey 15 g 3%
• Sea salt 1.5 g <1%
• Flour 9–10.5% protein 113 g 21%
• Potato starch 26 g 5%
• Butter 82% 20 g 4%

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °С / 356 °F. Prepare a baking tray with a
silicone mat and a baking frame 35x35 cm.

2. Warm the eggs, sugar, inverted sugar and salt to 40 °С / 104 °F.
Then whip until an airy and stable foam.

3. Gradually add the flour sifted with starch and mix gently with a
silicone spatula.

4. Finally, add butter, melted to 45–50 °C / 113–122 °F, and stir.

5. Spread the batter over a silicone mat and bake it at a temperature


of 180 °C / 356 °F for 8–10 minutes. The finished sponge should be
golden-brown and spring when pressed.

6. Cool the sponge to room temperature and then cut out three
15 cm discs using the cake ring. Trim the top crust off each cake
with a serrated knife.

COFFEE SYRUP

Ingredients Total weight: ~ 250 g 100%

• Brewed espresso coffee 200 g 80%


• Sugar 50 g 20%

1. Add sugar to the espresso and bring it to a boil in a saucepan.

2. Cool the syrup down to room temperature.

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Mocha Cake
for 1 cake d=16 cm and h=6 cm

COFFEE BUTTERCREAM

Ingredients Total weight: ~ 610 g 100%

• Whole eggs 120 g 18%


• Water 60 g 9%
• Sugar 180 g 26%
• Butter 82% 320 g 47%
• Coffee extract 5g <1%

1. Whip the eggs in the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk
attachment until fluffy.

2. Mix sugar and water in a saucepan and cook the syrup by bringing
it to 118 °C / 244 °F. Pour the syrup into the whipped eggs in a
thin stream. Continue whipping until the mixture has cooled to a
temperature of 25 °C / 77 °F.

3. Then gradually add butter at room temperature (16–20 °C /


61–68 °F). Whip the cream until a fluffy, smooth and stable texture is
obtained.

4. Add coffee extract and whip again. Use right away.

TIP
• If the cream is too runny, refrigerate it for a few minutes and
then whip again.

ASSEMBLY

Ingredients

• Genoise sponge discs


• Coffee buttercream
• Coffee syrup

1. Using a piping bag without a tip, pipe some of the buttercream


onto a 15 cm diameter cake base and place the first sponge on top.
Soak the sponge twice with the coffee syrup using a pastry brush.

2. Prepare a cake ring (16 cm in diameter and 6 cm in height) and line


it with an acetate strip. Place the ring around the first sponge on the
cake base.

3. Fill the space between the sponge and the ring with the
buttercream. Then apply 130 g of cream to the sponge.

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Mocha Cake
for 1 cake d=16 cm and h=6 cm

ASSEMBLY

4. Cover it with the second sponge layer and press lightly so that the
cream protrudes from the sides of the sponge.

5. Soak the second layer and apply 130 g of buttercream to it. Cover it
with the third sponge and press lightly so that the cream protrudes
from the sides of the sponge.

6. Soak the third sponge and cover it with a thin layer of cream.
Smooth the cream with an offset spatula.

7. Place the cake in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Then apply
another layer of buttercream, smooth it out and make a geometric
herringbone pattern with a serrated knife.

8. Place the cake back in the refrigerator to stabilize.

UNMOLDING AND DECORATING THE MOCHA CAKE

Ingredients

• Chopped almonds 200 g


• Coffee extract 5g
• Coffee buttercream ~200 g
• Assembled stabilized cake

1. Roast the chopped almonds in the oven at 140 °C / 284 °F for


30 minutes. Cool them down to room temperature.

2. Remove the cake ring and acetate strip from the cake by placing it
on a measuring cup.

3. Decorate the sides of the cake with roasted almonds.

4. Add 5 g of coffee extract to the remaining buttercream and stir it


with a whisk until smooth.

5. Using a piping bag fitted with an 8-mm French star tip, pipe a
pattern along the edge of the cake.

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