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Ingredients
Cake layers
- 125 g unsalted butter, softened and cut into pieces
- 220 g dark brown sugar
- 250 g honey
- 2 eggs
- 25 g Christmas spice mix (see Tips)
- 500 g plain flour, plus extra to dust
- 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Sour cream filling
- 50 g freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 3 tsp gelatine powder
- 700 g sour cream
- 250 g mascarpone cheese
- 40 g icing sugar
Chocolate ganache
- 200 g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
- 160 g pouring (whipping) cream
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1344.7 kJ / 320.2 kcal
- Protein
- 4.3 g
- Carbohydrates
- 31.3 g
- Fat
- 20.2 g
- Saturated Fat
- 12.7 g
- Fibre
- 0.8 g
- Sodium
- 130.1 mg
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