Seems to be hard to get hold of flour at the moment so here’s our Executive Chef, Mark’s favourite flourless chocolate cake recipe! Why not try it at home?

For the Flourless Chocolate Cake recipe

You will need: 

• 1 large cake tin
• 240g yolks
• 2 vanilla pods
• 360g egg whites
• 360g sugar
• 120g cocoa powder
• 120g ground almonds

Method: 

Whisk yolks and vanilla to stiff point, whisk egg whites till soft peak and gradually add the sugar till shiny and stiff then fold in the ground almonds and cocoa powder to both mixes pour in to cake tin and cook at 170° 20 mins.

For the Chocolate and Orange Creameaux

You will need: 

• 350g Double Cream
• 90g Yolk
• 45g Sugar
• 120g Dark chocolate (chopped)
• 1 Orange Zest

Method: 

Bring the cream to the boil, mix the yolks with the sugar and pour the cream. Cook on a low heat stirring continuously until the mixture coats the back of a spoon and pour onto the chopped chocolate and Orange zest. Mix with a wooden spoon and allow chilling.

Happy Baking! We hope you enjoy making this flourless chocolate cake just as much as we do, this delicious recipe is a favourite! Discover dining at Bovey Castle…

We were awarded 5 Red Stars by the AA for exceptional hospitality this week. Five Red Stars is the highest accolade awarded by the AA and only the most outstanding hotels achieve this honour! We are proud to be an award-winning hotel in Devon.

The AA assess hotels on ‘Common Quality Standards’ including service, food, bedrooms, bathrooms and public areas. Further categories include: cleanliness, maintenance, safety and security, dining, room service, bedroom size, bathroom facilities, public areas and external areas. We passed a strict list of undercover inspections covering all aspects of these standards and also many more.

Suffice to say the team here are thrilled that our hard work and effort has resulted in this prestigious rating. So we are extremely proud to be recognised as a first-class destination in the South West.

This great achievement comes after recently being awarded 3 AA rosettes in our Great Western Restaurant headed up by Chef Mark Budd.

Come and see what all the fuss is about at our award-winning hotel!

We would love to invite you all to come and experience our culinary excellence and outstanding accommodation for yourselves so why not take us up on one of our offers…

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