To celebrate World Chocolate Day we have collaborated with Koko Black for a second year in a row to launch Theobroma: Food of the Gods.
This year, we ventured to nature to create an innovative seven-layer cake that takes chocolate connoisseurs on a first-of-its-kind exploration of the king of all ingredients, the cocoa bean.
Inspired by Greek mythology, the name ‘Theobroma’ is an ancient Greek term meaning ‘food of the gods’ and is also a plant species which falls under the same family as the cacao tree, native to the tropical forests of Central and South America. The supreme ingredient of the creation is the cacao juice, extracted from flesh that sits around the cocoa bean which is then fermented down to a sugar syrup to surprise chocolate lovers with an unexpected rich and fruity aroma.
Coalescing a mix of fresh and decadent flavours, the Theobroma cake begins with a cacao shortbread base followed by a caramelised puffed buckwheat and quinoa crunch, chocolate mousse, light cacao sponge and cacao fruit juice cremeux. Drawing on the elements of nature, the cake’s surface resembles leaves and twigs using an aesthetic garnish featuring a dark chocolate cacao pod filled with caramelised cacao nibs and cacao fruit compote with a white chocolate leaf with natural green colour along with chocolate twigs to finish.
