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Creme Patissiere inside Moist Chocolate Cake

Meister Weiss's picture
Meister Weiss

Creme Patissiere inside Moist Chocolate Cake

I was planning on making a moist chocolate cake with creme patissiere (pastry cream) inside but not as filling. So I want to put it in between or in the middle of my chocolate batter. Then it will be cooked the same time with the batter. So when I cut the cake, the creme will flow down. Will this work though? Can I put creme patissiere in the middle of the batter and cook it together? Please comment your experience or insights, I only have a limited amount of ingredients so I can't afford to try and experiment. TIA

Findtatyana's picture
Findtatyana

it will all be a huge volcanic mess. Bake and spread the prepared creme in the layers after it is cooled? 

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Meister Weiss

I thought so too. I ended up not making the creme because I can't cut the cake into layers because its so moist and will fall apart if I cut it in halves. And I can't bake a thin cake because it has to be moist. So I just went with the simple choco moist cake with chocolate ganache.

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andythebaker

i wouldn't stray too far from the proportions in this recipe as i imagine the batter portion the cake needs to be sturdy to hold the pastry cream.

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Meister Weiss

Thank you so much for this recipe. I will try baking this soon. I think I saw a recipe like this but the creme is baked in a bread, that's when I thought to bake it in cake instead. So it is called Basque Cake. It looks so nice I can't wait to try bake it. --

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semolina_man

Gateau Basque is one of our favorites.  It is indeed a cake (gateau) along the lines of a sweet biscuit.  I make it in a tart pan which makes it easy to seal the top and bottom crusts, ensuring the pastry cream stays where it should.