Chocolate rum torte: Rich, creamy, beautiful and delicious

Sometimes you want a small, elegant dessert for those dinner parties you’ve been planning for weeks. A chocolate dessert always surprises and amazes guests and our chocolate rum torte won’t disappoint. You can get as creative as you want to with many holidays on their way this summer. Not only is it great for dinner parties, but these thin cake slices are great with a cup of tea or coffee.

Making a chocolate rum torte

For this recipe, dark rum is the best way to go as it often has a sweeter and more complex flavour, even if it doesn’t overpower the cake. The cream filling is smooth and silky just like the beautiful chocolate topping. To make chocolate curls, a lightly warmed chocolate needs a spoon dragged along the top. You can also top with chocolate chips or sweets and a strawberry or two if you want some colour.

Are you looking for an elegant cake recipe that goes with a dinner party or perfect cup of coffee? Try our chocolate rum torte and enjoy!

Chocolate rum torte recipe

5 from 1 vote

Recipe by Gary Dunn Course: DessertCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4-6

servings

Prep time

25

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

Baking Time

40

minutes

Total time

1

hour 

Ingredients

• 3 3 eggs

• 90 g 90 castor sugar

• 60 g 60 self-raising flour

• 30 g 30 cocoa

• 2 tbsp 2 corn oil

• 250 ml 250 double cream

• 3 tbsp 3 rum

• For the decoration

• 2-4 tbsp 2-4 evaporated milk

• 120 g 120 plain chocolate

• chocolate curls

Method

• Line and grease a deep cake tin.
• Whisk eggs and sugar together until mixture is pale and thick. Sift flour and cocoa together.
• Fold into egg mixture with corn oil.
• Turn into prepared tin and bake in a 180°C oven for about 40 minutes. Remove from tin and leave to cool before cutting in half.
• Whip cream until it forms soft peaks. Fold in 2 tablespoons rum. Use the cream to sandwich cake together.
• Heat evaporated milk and remaining rum slowly together until hot. Remove from heat and add chocolate, broken in pieces, all at once.
• Stir until chocolate has dissolved. Cool until just warm, and is of a coating consistency. Thin with a little more evaporated milk if necessary.
• Pour icing over top of cake. Decorate with chocolate curls.

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