Chocolate Crumble Squares
This recipe for chocolate crumble squares originally came from a good friend of my mom. She brought these cake squares to an event, I gave them a try, and I couldn’t get them out of my head ever since. A long time has passed since that day, and my mom’s friend shared the recipe with her, but alas… Everything was specified in measuring cups and a pan size that I do not own. So, I took the initiative of making this recipe more precise by converting it to gram measurements and added a few more adjustments. What can I say… It’s one of those old days recipe, when everything was so simple and delicious where you simply can’t go wrong.
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Chocolate Crumble Squares:
Equipment: Squared pan sized 15cm (l) x15cm (w) x7.5cm (h)
Recipe: 9 Servings, Chocolate Crumble Squares
| Ingredient | Amount (g / units) |
| Eggs | 50g |
| All Purpose Flour | 155g |
| White Granulated Sugar | 50g |
| Softened Unsalted Butter | 75g |
| Salt | 1/8 tsp |
| Ingredient | Amount (g / units) |
| Dark Chocolate (55%) | 100g |
| Dutch Processed Cocoa Powder | 16g |
| Milk | 25g |
| Salt | 1/4 tsp |
| Dark Rum | 8g |
| Vanilla Extract | 10g |
| Egg Yolks (from 2 eggs M sized) | 100g |
| Egg Whites(from 2 eggs M sized) | 38g |
| White Granulated Sugar | 60g |
Cake preparation and assembly instructions:
Dough:
- Into a large bowl, add in all of the dough ingredients: sugar, salt, butter, flour and eggs.
- Knead with your hands until you get a smooth and workable dough.
- Divide the dough into 2 parts 131g (will be used for the bottom part) and 197g (for the crumbles).
- Shape both parts into rough rectangles, wrap them with plastic wrap and freeze for 1.5-2 hours while working on the filling.
- After frozen, grate each part with a grater.
Filling:
- In a saucepan, combine the milk, chocolate, cocoa powder and salt. Cook on medium-low heat until melted and combined. Let cool down.
- Once cooled, add in the egg yolks, rum and vanilla, and mix well.
- Whip the egg whites and sugar to medium peaks and fold into the chocolate mixture.
Assembly and Baking:
- Preheat the oven to 175C (fan mode off), placing a baking rack at the lowest shelf in the oven.
- Scatter the bottom part grated dough over the bottom of a lined baking pan. Push with your hand so that they are sealed into a flat dough that extends to all corners of the pan.
- Pour the chocolate filling on top of the bottom dough. Scatter the rest of the crumble dough on top of the chocolate mixture.
- Bake for 35 minutes.
- Cool over a cooling rack, and cut into squares
Pro Tip: For a more aesthetic presentation, bake the cake for 20 minutes so that the chocolate base sets, scatter the crumble toppings and return to the oven for 15 minutes.
