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Dessert - by Scarlett W

 
From soufflé to parfait, you'll find my personal selection of yummy dessert recipes here and more!! So for home-made goodness or sweet treats around Sydney, be sure to check here - oh, and bon appétit!! Scarlett :)

Chocolate Cake with Fruit Filling

December 17th 2008 06:00
Chocolate Cake with Fruit Filling


About Chocolate glazing

Chocolate that will be used for glazing must be thinned so it will have a more fluid consistency when melted and will spread easily, yet set quickly. This could be done by adding cocoa butter or using couverture chocolate, but the high cocoa-butter content would make a brittle coating that would shatter easily when cut. The chocolate glazing that is sold for professional use in France contains vegetable oil, so it doesn’t shatter so easily and stores well. However, for home use we recommend thinning the chocolate with dairy butter, which gives a superior flavour and texture.



INGREDIENTS
Makes a 6-inch round cake



For the base

60 gm plain flour
50 gm sugar
2 eggs
10 gm emulsifier
2 tablespoons chocolate powder
2 tablespoons butter



For the filling

20 gm dried cranberries
20 gm mixed dried fruits
15 gm cornflake
20 gm marshmallow
1 tablespoon butter, dissolved



To garnish

100 gm chocolate glazing

16 white chocolate dices
christmas decorations



1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Place paper cup in a 6-inch cake mould.

2. To make the cake base, mix plain flour, sugar, eggs, chocolate powder and emulsifier by eggbeater until looks creamy.

3. Slowly add in the dissolved butter.

4. Pour the batter into the cake mould.

5. Bake for 15 minutes. Leave to cool.

6. Remove the cake from the mould.

7. To make the filling, melt the butter, and then melt the marshmallow in low heat.

8. Add in dried cranberries, mixed dried fruits and cornflake, mix well.



9. Turn the cake upside down, then cut a square in the middle of the cake.

10. Insert the fruit filling and compact.



11. Put the chocolate glazing in water bath, then pour over the cake surface quickly and arrange white chocolate dices.



12. Refrigerate for 5-10 minutes.

13. Garnish with Christmas decorations.



**From “The Next Magazine 929”, “petitepatisserie.com/glossar y.htm” and “Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia” **

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Orange Cake

December 3rd 2008 06:00
Orange Cake


About cointreau

Cointreau (pronounced [kwan’-tro]) is a brand of triple sec liqueur, and is produced in Saint-Barthélemy-ďAnjou, a suburb of Angers, France. Cointreau sources its bitter oranges from all over the world, usually Spain, Brazil and Saint-Raphaël, Haiti.
In addition to being imbibed as an apéritif, Cointreau is sometimes used as a digestif. Contreau is considered to be either a premium brand triple sec or a unique category of liqueur. With a 40% alcohol content, Cointreau is strong for a triple sec which usually has an alcohol content around 23%.





INGREDIENTS
Makes 4-5 pcs



For the cake filling

2 eggs, large
35 gm sugar
40 gm self-raising flour
½ orange zest, finely grinded
1 teaspoon orange juice
½ teaspoon butter, melted
5 Japanese preserved sweet chestnuts
cooked red beans, as needed
lyceum berries, as needed
8-10 green peas



For preserved sweet orange

4-5 oranges, about 5-7 cm in diameter
640 gm water
640 gm sugar
1 tablespoon cointreau



1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC.

2. To prepare the preserve sweet orange, cut the oranges into halves and scoop out flesh. Place the orange into a pot, fill in water to cover the whole and cook for 5 minutes. Take the orange out and leave to cool. Set aside.

3. For the cake filling. Boil the water and sugar in a pot. Turn off the heat and leave to cool.

4. Add in cointreau and orange peel, leave to soak for 3 hours to give preserved sweet orange peel. Set aside.

5. Whip the eggs and sugar together until stiff. Sift the self-raising flour and stir into the egg mixture until well mixed.

6. Add in the finely grinded orange zest, orange juice, cointreau and melted butter, mix well.

7. Place 1 chestnut, some cooked red beans, lyceum berries and green peas into each prepared sweet orange, then pour in the cake batter, about 80% full. Repeat to make 4-5 oranges.

8. Place oranges in a basin over a bowl of warm water.

9. Bake for about 40 minutes until well cooked.

10. Serve.



Tips:

1. Cook the orange in water for 5 minutes to remove the bitter flavour.

2. Bake the cake above water to let the heat evenly distributed.



**From “Fine Desserts with Less Sugar” and “Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”**

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