BlackForest Pudding from Assembly

good morning singapore!! its a balmy morning with very little wind, and a 60% chance that it'll rain by 12pm this afternoon. don't let that hinder your plans for the day! its gonna be a warm 33 degrees celsius / humidity level 85% during the day. so dress appropriately!

hello hello! in such a lovely mood today! yesterday evening was a blast. it was some quality alone time together without any outside interventions. no TV, no loud music, no nosey parents. just ken, me and the bottle of chilled chablis on the balcony, overlooking the Town. how blissful!

okay enough about me, today (since i'm in a good mood) i'll share with you another recipe! this is dead easy and all it needs is ASSEMBLY! minimal cooking, NO BAKING!

BlackForest Pudding from Assembly (what Ken made yesterday!!)

Ingredients
Chocolate pound cakes, sliced (its best you use the Chocolate Pound Cakes from Sara Lee)
400ml whipping cream, whipped up with a machine
some Baileys Irish Cream
some dark chocolate sauce
digestive biscuits, crushed in a plastic bag
chocolate shavings

For the Fruits Dressing
2 large handfuls of fresh raspberries
2 large handfuls of black currants
2 large handfuls of blue berries
2 large handfuls of SEEDED fresh cherries
a tin of cherries in syrup, drained
a heapful of demererra sugar
a shot of brandy
a shot of orange Cointreau

The Minimal Cooking Part

in a heavy bottom pot, throw in a handful of berries from each item listed above (hence the need for TWO LARGE HANDFULS) and the tinned cherries. over low heat, mush the berries till its all gooey but still very lumpy. Ensure the mixture does not start to bubble. add in the demererra sugar and liquors and mix well. Remove from heat and add the rest of the berries. don't mush them. you still want them nice and whole.

The Assembly

in a large glass bowl, place the slices of chocolate pound cake, enough to cover the bottom. press firmly, ensuring the pound cake covers every nook and cranny of the bowl. drizzle the Bailey's Irish Cream all over the pound cake. Pour the chocolate sauce, covering the pound cake. dribble over the fruity berry mix before layering the whipped cream. ensure the berry mix is fully cooled before you put the whipped cream!!

sprinkle the digestive biscuits over the cream for some good ol' texture. repeat the layering till the pudding reaches the top of the bowl. the topmost layer should be the whipped cream. sprinkle the digestive biscuits over the whip cream, as stated, but for this last layer, ribbon in some of the excess berry mix. throw in some chocolate shavings for good measure!

allow the pudding to sit in the fridge for a good 5 hours before serving!

To serve, bring the entire bowl to the table and just scoop it out and serve it! that easy!!

Tadah! your ticket to ultimate indulgence!! yummy yumm! have fun trying and do keep me updated at the final outcome! tell me if its yummy, or bland, or just too cloyingly sweet! all feedback is better than no feedback!

have fun trying and toodles!

kai