CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE ICING.
Theme.. Frozen Elsa Cake..


Ingredients

1-3/4th Cups All Purpose Flour
1-1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
3/4th Tsp Baking Soda
1/3rd Cup Margarine
3/4th Cup Powdered Sugar
2 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
150 ML Milk
1Tsp Vanilla essence

Method:

1. Sieve the Flour, baking powder, baking soda, and Cocoa powder.
2. Beat the Sugar and margarine with the Vanilla essence.
3. Add half of the Flour and half milk and beat till mix.
4. Add the remaining half flour mixture and milk and mix well..
5. Make sure you do not over mix.
6. Line a 8 inch cake tin with butter paper or Rub the tin with butter and dust with flour..
7. Bake in a  preheat oven for 35 minutes at 175 degree C.
8. Oven temperatures differ please check the cake in 20 minutes.. touch the upper crust of cake if its still soft you still need more time.. once firm, pierce a wooden stick in the center and check if its done.. if its raw the stick won't come out clean..
9. After removing the cake from oven, let it rest outside for sometime.
10. Put a butter paper on a plate and turn the tin on it.
11. Let the cake cool down, and if you icing the cake please let it sit in the refrigerator for a whole day...

TRUFFLE ICING..

Ingredients

3 Cups chopped Dark chocolate
1 Cup chopped Milk chocolate
2 Cups Cream
2 Tsp Salted Butter

Method.

1. Mix all the ingredients on slow flame and mix properly.
2. Remove it from the stove and keep it aside.
3. Let this mixture cool aside outside for the whole night.
4. The melted chocolate will cool down and will become spreadable..

Making Sugar Syrup to soak the chocolate cake.

1 Cup Sugar

4 Cups Water

Heat the water and sugar and boil the water till the sugar gets dissolved..

Let the water cool down..

Method to assemble the Cake..

1. Cut the cake in the middle in equal two parts..
2. Put the sugar water with a spoon on one part of cake.
3. Soak it really good in this water..
4. keep both the parts of the cake in the refrigerator.
5. Spread the chocolate icing on one part of the cake.
6. Put the second part of the cake on it and soak that part in sugar syrup too.
7. Cool it again and then spread the remaining chocolate icing on it and the sides.
8. Decorate with Sugar sheet like i did here.. It can be printed by a printer with edible ink and edible sugar sheet.
9. Decorate with fondant roses or figures you like..

Dessert class held in June. Students made some yummy souffle, mousse, cheese cakes, tiramisu.. The class was fun!! check out the photo

Fun with kids Classes

The classes where so much fun!! Kids enjoyed making Spinach and Corn quiche

Looks like few days, that have not updated my blog or put some new recipes. Today i tried some easy mud gooey cake recipe, that did turn out very soft, but not that goeey. But really yummy so had to post this recipe here. The recipe was from nigella lawson. Some of the conversion i have changed.

Ingredients:

Castor Sugar-125 gms
Butter-100 gms unsalted
All Purpose Flour-45gms
Butter-100gms
Cocoa Powder-4Tbsp
1 tsp Vanilla essence.
Eggs-2 or substitute with 2tbsp of energ egg substitue with 4 tbsp water

Method:

1.  Mix egg, sugar and butter and essence
2. Add the dry ingredients
3. Bake in a preheated oven at 175 degree C for 20 minutes.

**** Dust the cake pan with butter and flour or u can put a butter paper, so cake can be easily removed
**** Results might differ when you use egg substitute. Also, instead of egg 1/4th cup of yogurt with 1/8th spoon soda can be used too. Make sure the yogurt is not too sour as it will change the taste of the cake.
****This cake can be topped with fresh fruits cooked in sugar syrup and cooled. Sweetness can be adjusted according to your taste...

Le Cafe Chembur..

Oh how can i forget to list that place. This is my favorite place to hangout. Lovely food and coffee and lots other food items to relish. Their philly cheese cake is yummy and desserts to die for. I often visit this place, and people who have visited it will also agree with me. The staff also very well mannered. Le Cafe has come out with a new joint at Rcity Ghatkopar, so if you visiting the mall, you can try it out there too. More details you will find on the site below.

http://mumbai.burrp.com/listing/le-cafe_chembur-east_mumbai_cafes-restaurants/145813564__AB__overview

TGI Friday Lovely Place!!

Wow what a atmosphere and food lovely choice of cocktails and mocktails. Their veg nachos are to die for. Their food portion is quiet large, so though the food is little heavy on pockets still can manage. Visited one in Rcity Ghatkopar. The reviews seems to be little bad online, but i did not face any problem. Service was fast and food was good what more can you ask for. Check out more info on this restaurant on this site.

http://www.zomato.com/mumbai/tgi-fridays-ghatkopar-west/photos

Candies Fast Food

Saturday was fun filled with good food all day..
Candies at Pali Hill Lovely place and atmosphere and lovely food. Variety of Desserts and all kind of continental and Indian food varieties. Their flavoured Slush are lovely. Quiche and lasagnas are yummy. For more details check their website at Burrp!!

http://mumbai.burrp.com/listing/candies_pali-hill_mumbai_fast-food-shops/183799326