Baked Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse Cake

Ingredients

• Caster sugar                                 1/2 cup
• Unsalted butter                             125 grams (cut in cubes)
• Dark chocolate                             500 grams (chopped)
• Water                                           1/2 cup
• Eggs                                             6
• Roasted hazelnuts                         3/4 cup
• Fresh berries and cream                for serving

Method:

1. Disolve sugar in water over low heat, bring to boil and immediately remove from heat.
2. Stir into the sugar syrup, the chocolate and butter until melted and smooth.
3. whisk eggs into the mixture and pour into a 20 com springform cake pan, base and sides lined with baking paper.
4. Sprinkle hazelnuts over the cake.
5. placethe cake pan into a large baking dish, half-filled with water and bake for about an hour at 180 degrees until dry and slightly firm to touch.
6. Remove and rest in the baking dish for 5 mins before placing on a cooling rack to cool off completely.
7. Loosen the cake from the sides of the pan before removing and sliding onto a server platter.
8. Dust with icing sugar and serve very thin slices with fresh cream and berries.