{"id":2836,"date":"2026-02-14T18:43:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chefofnature.com\/?p=2836"},"modified":"2026-02-14T18:43:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:43:56","slug":"valentines-mushroom-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chefofnature.com\/?p=2836","title":{"rendered":"Valentine’s mushroom cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wood ears (Auricularia auricula-judae<\/em>) are a very versatile mushroom, as this recipe proves. They have no distinct flavor, so they can be used in savory and sweet dishes (for example, as thikening agent: https:\/\/chefofnature.com\/?p=959<\/a>). In this recipe, the mushroom provides a chocolate mousse texture to a Valentine’s chocolate cake.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Valentine’s mushroom cake<\/h2>\n
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Prep Time<\/span>20 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Cook Time<\/span>10 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Resting in the fridge<\/span>5 hours<\/span><\/span> hrs<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
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Course: <\/span>Dessert<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
Servings: <\/span>2<\/span> people<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Equipment<\/h3>
  • 1 cutting board<\/div><\/li>
  • 1 pot<\/div><\/li>
  • 1 Blender<\/div><\/li>
  • 1 spoon<\/div><\/li>
  • 1 baking form<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n

    Ingredients<\/h3>
    • 100<\/span> g<\/span> woodears<\/span><\/li>
    • 100<\/span> g<\/span> chocolate<\/span><\/li>
    • 125<\/span> ml<\/span> milk<\/span><\/li>
    • 4<\/span> tsp<\/span> vanilla sugar<\/span><\/li>
    • 1<\/span> tbsp<\/span> coconut block<\/span><\/li>
    • coconut oil<\/span> to brush the form<\/span><\/li>
    • coconut flakes<\/span> for decoration<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n

      Instructions<\/h3>
      • Clean mushrooms and remove any hard parts.<\/span><\/div>
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      • Cut mushrooms into small pieces.<\/span><\/div>
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      • Add mushrooms together with chocolate, milk, sugar, and coconut block to a pot. <\/span><\/div>
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      • Cook on a very low heat until the chocolate and coconut block melt. Stir constantly.<\/span><\/div>
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      • Transfer the mixture to a blender and blend until smooth.<\/span><\/div>
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      • Brush the form with coconut oil.<\/span><\/div>
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      • Transfer the mixture into the form.<\/span><\/div>
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      • Decorate the cake with, for example, coconut flakes. Place the form in the fridge for 5 hours, or overnight. When the cake cools down and the mixture stabilizes, remove the cake from the form.<\/span><\/div>
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        Wood ears (Auricularia auricula-judae) are a very versatile mushroom, as this recipe proves. They have no distinct flavor, so they can be used in savory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[326,7,268],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-desert","category-winter","category-wood-ears"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefofnature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefofnature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefofnature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefofnature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefofnature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2836"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/chefofnature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2877,"href":"https:\/\/chefofnature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836\/revisions\/2877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefofnature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefofnature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefofnature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefofnature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}