Friday 19 August 2011

I Love Chocolate!

Hey all,
Every once and a while you feel the need you MUST have chocolate.
I made a Mini Chocolate Fudge cake, with raspberry coulis and a rich chocolate ganache.
Enjoy :)






Ingredients:


  • *1/2 cup boiling water
  • *1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • *3/4 cup caster sugar
  • *1/3 cup ground hazelnuts
  • *1/3 cup plain flour, sifted
  • *80g dark chocolate, melted
  • *2 eggs, separated
  • Raspberry Coulis:
  • *1 cup frozen raspberries
  • *1/4 cup caster sugar
  • *tbsp lemon juice
  • Chocolate Ganache:
  • *1/4 cup thickened cream
  • *100g dark chocolate, chopped finely 
  • *icing sugar, to serve

Method:

1. Preheat the to 180 degrees, line a 6 hole muffin tray with oven muffin cases
2. Combine boiling water and cocoa in a large bowl. Whisk until smooth. Add sugar, hazelnut, flour, chocolate and egg yolks. Stir until combined.
3.Using an electric mixer, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gently fold egg whites into chocolate mixture.Fill the cases 2/3 full with the mixture.
4.Bake for 15 minutes or until moist crumbs cling to the skewer when inserted 
5.Make the chocolate ganache: Place the cream in a saucepan over low-med heat until just starts to simmer , remove from heat and add the chocolate. Stir until chocolate is melted.
6. Make the raspberry Coulis: Place the raspberries , sugar and lemon juice in a saucepan over med heat, stir until sugar has dissolved then cover and simmer for a further 8 minutes.
7. Unwrap the Chocolate cake and place on a plate, dollop the ganache on top followed by the raspberry coulis.

RSPCA cupcakes 2011

 Hey Guys!,
Monday Last week on the 15th of August was the annual RSPCA Cupcake Day and like last-year i joined in baking cupcakes.
Last years theme was Animal Kingdom (refer to previous blog) and this year i did Paws.
I raised over $300 and made around 400 mini cupcakes, thanks to everyone who bought them!
Time wise it took me a full day to bake them all, and and another day to decorate them.
The flavours i made them in are Chocolate, Caramel and Vanilla.

Elena,
Infinite x's o's

Dad's Ford Pannel Van Cake

 Hey all!,
It was my dads birthday a couple of weeks ago and i wanted to make him a cake he would remember for years to come.
Hes had this car ... basically forever so i decided to make it into a cake!.
He caught me sketching his the outline of his car and asked what i was doing, i replied with the completely innocent answer of ".....nothing".

The cake is made out of Chocolate mud, the windows are fondant icing, the wheels are Oreos, the headlights mini m&m's, and the windshield wipers are liquorice.



Elena,
Infinite x's o's