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Showing posts with label cakes and deserts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cakes and deserts. Show all posts

Thursday, 2 May 2013

Cake with chocolate chips , delicious !





              For 8 persons
              .250 grams flour
              .1 ½ tsp baking powder
              .225 grams butter
              .225 grams caster sugar
                                                                 .50 grams chopped chocolate  
              .4 eggs
              .1 vanilla pod, cut in half and the seeds scraped,( optional) 
            How to make !
              1. Preheat oven to 180 C and line a 28 cm cake tin with baking  sheet

              2. Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add the chopped chocolate and mix well with a wooden spoon.

              3.  mix  the butter and sugar until creamy

              4. Break the eggs into a small bowl and beat them together with the vanilla seeds.

              5. Add the beaten eggs slowly to the butter mixture while the mixer continues to run.

              6. Using a wooden spoon to add. The dry ingredients into two parts to the butter-egg mixture

              7. Put the cake batter into the cake tin put it in the oven for about an hour and 25 minutes.



               

      Tuesday, 19 February 2013

      Thursday, 14 February 2013

      This a lemon and yogurt cake i made this afternoon , very tasty



        Here is how i made it ! 

       1 1/2 cups cake flour 

       2 teaspoons baking powder

       1/2 teaspoon salt

       1 cup plain yogurt

       1 cup sugar 

      3 eggs 

      2 teaspoons grated lemon zest 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

       1/2 cup vegetable oil

       


      For coating

         1 cup confectioners sugar

      1/3 cup fresh lemon juice

      1 Tablespoon water 

      mix all well on the heat and pour over cake `


       Mix all the dry ingredients and put on the side  mix the eggs with sugar,oil ,yogurt,lemon zest and juice, after add the dry ingredients and mix all very well, put in a hot oven about 45 minutes   Mix the water with the sugar and pour over cake when cold.  Enjoy it

      Thursday, 1 November 2012

      chocolate moelleux with raspberrie coulis




      What you need :   100 gr dark chocolate ( i use 75% cacao and the best you can buy! 100 gr butter 1 eggs + 2egg yolks 100 gr fine sugar 50 gr flour 1 tspoon baking powder  How to make :   Melt the chocolate in the microwave , melt also the butter.  Mix the egg and the egg yolks,add the sugar mix well until sugar is dissolved, about 3 minutes with a    Mixer , add the flour and bp and envolve the butter and chocolate on the mixture until well combined .  Bake in a hot  oven for about 10 minutes .  I cooked frozen raspberries with a little sugar , sieve the raspberries to make a sauce. Serve with the coulis and some red fruit and a good expresso !  Enjoy it

      Monday, 4 June 2012

      truffels !!


      Made some truffels with the rest of the chocolate ganache ! easy to make , just leave the ganache in the refrigerator overnight and after make some little balls and roll them on some cacao powder ! delicious and home made you can also use chocolate or coconut flakes  enjoy it !

      Sunday, 13 May 2012

      rich chocolate cake


      red fruit delight

      this must be the best desert i ever made , really tasty ! a combination of fresh cream,mascarpone ,egg whites ,  red fruit,digestive chocolate cookies,and a bit og imagination ! just delicious

      Thursday, 5 April 2012

      Easter time ! chocolate time !


      i made these for a friends party ! they were delicious ! the pink is green tea and the other is red velved.

      Saturday, 17 March 2012

      red velved


      for 12 red velved cupcakes

      2 1/2 cups  cake flour
      1/2 teaspoon salt
      2 tablespoons  cocoa powder
      1/2 cup unsalted butter
      1 1/2 cups sugar
      2 large eggs
      1 teaspoon vanilla extract
      1 cup buttermilk
      2 tablespoons liquid red food coloring or 1 tablespoon of powder
      1 teaspoon white  vinegar
      1 teaspoon baking soda.
      Preheat oven at about 180 degreees
      Sift together flour,  salt, and cocoa powder into a bowl and set aside.
      In a mixer  mix buter, sugar, and buttermilk until combined. Add eggs, food coloring,  vanilla  and mix well. Add the dry ingredients a little bit at a time and mix on low,  until just combined.    at the end mix the vinegar with baking soda and add to the mixture, mix a bit more until combined
      Line a  cupcake pan with paper liners, scoop the batter into the liners and bake  for 20 to 25 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean. Let cool.

      For the cream cheese frosting: 
      mix 70 gr butter with 300 gr cream cheese and add slowly 250 gr powderd sugar for about 5 minutes. . decorate as you wish.
      enjoy!!  let me know how it goes !!


      pink lemonade