Banana Cake 2014

cWhen I was shooting the famous chef Luca Marinelli, my on-camera flash just braked… It just stopped work without any reason. The photos were too dark and low-quality, and the Michelin-starred chef was standing in front of me, waiting… I was trying to do at list anything with that damn flash, but… unfortunately, I couldn’t. And then I told Luca, that we would do one last shot and, if it wouldn’t work, we would go outside.

And what’s a miracle! The chef made a funny face and the flash flushed for the last time and then rested in peace.
I said Luca that we can continue outside, but he loved this final shot so much, that he refused my offer and said that it was his best portrait ever!

For your project Luca choose the recpe of cake from his childhood. That unusual fruit cake was baked by his Mom. She taught her son not only to cook, but to enjoy the taste too.

Every ingridient of that dessert brings joy: cacao, chocolate mousse, caramel bananas and banana biscuit. And all together they give us a fabolous harmony of taste!

Banana Cake 2014

Difficulty Level: Medium

Calories: 450

Cooking Time: 45 min

Ingredients:

Cocoa Sand;
Chocolate Mousse;
Cocoa Beans
Caramelized Bananas;
Banana Cake (served cut in cubes for this particular dessert)
Ice cream (Vanilla)

For the Cocoa Sand:

butter 115g
sugar 100g
flour 175g
cocoa 50g

For the Chocolate Mousse:

cream 450g
sugar 100g
egg yolk 75ml
70% chocolate 80g
instant gelatin 12.5g (heated to approximately 85degrees)

For the Caramelized Bananas:

sugar 200g
water 100ml
butter 30g
ripe bananas

For the Banana Cake (served cut in cubes for this particular dessert):

flour 225g
brown sugar 175g
honey 100ml
butter 100g
4 ripe bananas
4 eggs
60 almonds
1 tsp cinnamon
Baking powder

Instructions:

For the Cocoa Sand:

Mix all together and bake for around 15 mins at 140 degrees

For the Chocolate Mousse:

Mix all together, and melt chocolate gently in a heatproof bowl over a pan of gently simmering water, then add instant gelatin until it’s becomes a thick mousse

For the Caramelized Bananas:

Heat butter, add sugar then water in a saucepan until it become a caramel sauce take it off heat and finally add some banana slices to the sauce to caramelize it. Cool down.

For the Banana Cake (served cut in cubes for this particular dessert):