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Recipe Review: Mascarpone Cake With Red Wine Prunes

Introduction

This is a quick and easy recipe. The cake itself is especially easy and could be used as the base for a variety of different recipes. The red wine prunes come out quite well, but takes some practice to get the timing right. This is a great recipe to improvise with and try and put your own spin on – we’ll definitely be giving that a go in the future.

Recipe Outline

Recipe: Mascarpone Cake With Red Wine PrunesSpecial Equipment: 9-inch Cake Pan
Source: Dessert PersonTime: 4 hours
Author: Claire SaffitzDifficulty: 2/5
Type: Dessert (Baking)Score: ★★★☆☆
Making The Red Wine Prunes

Tip: It will significantly thicken and condense once removed from the heat. So don’t wait until there is only a 1/4 cup of liquid in the pot. Consider stopping it a bit early and returning to the heat if necessary. If you over-reduce it, then the prunes will come out slightly bitter. Likewise, the thicker coating of syrup can weigh the prunes down and cause them to sink into the cake.

Making The Batter
Assembling And Baking The Cake

Tip: Both times we made this cake the prunes sunk significantly into the cake. While it tastes the same, it looks slightly less pretty. We even cut our prunes into smaller pieces and dusted them with flour to help prevent them from sinking – but it didn’t make a huge difference. We aren’t quite sure what we did wrong. At this point our best guess is that the syrup over-reduced and weighed down the prunes. See the other tip above this.

Final Product

Key Takeaways

  • Make sure to use a decent wine for the prunes. The taste will come through in the final product.
  • Be very careful when preparing the prunes to not over-reduce.
  • Consider cutting your prunes (after preparing) and dusting with flour to reduce the chances of the prunes sinking into the cake.
  • Final Score: 3/5 – This is a rather easy recipe. While we did struggle with getting the prunes to stay on top, everything else was very straight-forward. Definitely worth giving a try given how quick and simple it is.

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