This year, it took me quite a while to decide what to make for dessert for the family’s Good Friday lunch. I trawled through many cookbooks and websites, as I normally do, but my mind keep wandering back to a recipe I had printed off early in my search.
And, while I usually lean towards a lighter dessert at Easter (owing to the expected richness of the other menu items), this this dark and white chocolate cardamom swirl tart captured my imagination. Or perhaps it captured my ‘newborn-induced-sugar-cravings’??
Either way, I decided that it would be the contributed dessert this year. And luckily for me – I had my trusty sidekick on hand to help put the tart together…
(Brushing one’s hair is discretionary in our kitchen lol) The tart base was made with crushed chocolate coated digestive biscuits, mixed with melted butter then pressed into a pan and cooked for 10 minutes.
While the tart filling was little more than two rich chocolate ganaches (one white, one dark), poured atop the cooled base, and swirled for effect.
When I say that this tart is rich, I mean RICH! But then again, with ingredients such as double cream, 90% cocoa, lindt white chocolate, egg yolks and sugar ….well there is no surprise that a small slice was more than enough to send our sugar senses into overdrive.
Served with berries to try and cut through some of the sweetness – and overall a tasty end to a lovely lunch with family.
You can find the recipe here. What about you? Bake anything fun over Easter?
Oh all of the YES.
Also, WHEN DID SHE GET SO BIG?!!!!! <3
Yummy. And wow, the little one has grown! She'll be 30 before you know it! x
Gorgeous swirl action. Looks delish!