This week's Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Moka Dupont, a type of chocolate biscuit cake. It is named after a Madame Duponte, who apparently first made this cake, and the "moka" is from "mocha" for the coffee flavoured syrup that the biscuits are dunked in.
I used Arnott's Milk Coffee Biscuits, as they seemed the closest match to those that Dorie used in the recipe. The coffee soaked biscuits are coated with a grainy chocolate buttercream that is firmed up with an egg. It chills for three hours after assembly before serving.
To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.
Once you said grainy, I did not think it was going to go well. I think chocolate ripple cake would run rings around this! Disappointing for you though.
ReplyDeleteOh Milk Coffee would have been awesome in this! I DID love this but I made 1/4 of the recipe and had a tiny piece which I shared with my neighbours (so rich!). It's my kinda dessert!
ReplyDeleteI didn't love the sound of the grainy buttercream I have to admit!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like it ought to be good, but then your final description suggested it may not rise above the individual ingredients. What a shame. Good for a chocolate hit though!
ReplyDeleteThis dessert has grown on me. Since I did not take it to work we have been eating it since the weekend. The sugar seems to dissolve a little over time and the vanilla ice cream really went well with it.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on this one but, surprisingly, family and guests loved it.
ReplyDeletei did like this dessert, but your description made me laugh! :) hopefully you found some buddies to take some of this off your hands.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a dessert that you can get excited about, especially it's so easy to assemble.
ReplyDeleteWe were pleasantly surprised on this one but your description made me laugh!
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