Pierre Herme "Suzy's Chocolate Cake" Recipe

So, an hour and a half prior to dinner with friends I remembered that we had missed not one but TWO of their birthdays. I didn't have time to go shopping for gifts so decided to make a cake for them instead. I had found a recipe in "Chocolate Desserts By Pierre Herme" that I had been drooling over for weeks and it looked fairly simple so I grabbed the recipe and got stuck in. It turned out to be as simple as it sounded although his recipes look very long and complicated when you broke it down it was in fact quite basic. Another bonus is that this cake has only 5 ingredients! Well the cake turned out well and I did a very quick basic icing as I had no time to make ganache and was out of dark chocolate anyway (I know, what a crime!) and threw a white iceberg rose from the garden on the centre. It was very effective! The cake had the desired effect with a round of oh you shouldn't haves and oh I shouldn't and oh well I'll start the diet tomorrow! We could smell the cake all through dinner. I wasn't in the room when it was served but I could hear moans and groans followed by my friend Jo shouting out to me that I had created an orgasm on a plate! lol! We only got through about half the cake between 7 of us as it is so rich and decadent. We served it on its own but I think that it would be best served still warm with a good dollop of unsweetened yoghurt and perhaps a little raspberry coulis to cut through the richness. Although the recipe states that it can be refridgerated for up to 3 days I found that it dried out. If that happens to you I would, and did, pop it in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute, just seems to soften it up a bit. This recipe is definately worth making for a special dinner party and it is quick and easy. The book has some fantastic recipes in it ranging from very easy to quite complex. My next experiment from this book will be Nayla's Tart which is a chocolate pastry tart with a ganache center, or the Chocolate Rice Pudding or maybe the Black on Black Truffles! Decisions, decisions! I have included an Amazon link below for the book. Just reading it was a delight for the senses!

Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Herme