Irresistable Ferrero Roche Mini Chocolate Cake

A short school break  is jest around the corner. Hoorey! No school....No books. Huhuhuhu......for some, this short break doesn't mean  a thing because of extra classes especially to those involved in UPSR. No rest...not until the exam over. Pity our children. I felt a pang of guilt when my son said that parents took away their childhood. 

It's true in a way. Not like us. We truly enjoyed our long holidays. Bulan puasa pun holiday. We had our time to play 'tarik upih' and all sort of funs.

Well...this short break reminds me of my mini chocolate cake. Done it last December after our trip to Langkawi. Special request by my son who adores Ferrero Roche. I placed these chocolates on my mini cakes. It looks like a crown. Marvellous.


For the cake, I tried Mom's Chocolate Cake. Though most of us know how to bake a simple basic chocolate cake but sometimes it is an exciting experience to experiment other's recipes. It  will be pure bliss if the experiment turns out right. Wallah!


Mom's Chocolate Cake
Original recipe from AllRecipes.net


Ingredients
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup shortening or butter
2 eggs
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup hot,brewed coffee ( I used Nescafe )
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract


Method
1. Preheat oven to 175 C. Grease and flour one 9 x 13 inch 
    baking pan. 


2. Put butter into your mixing bowl and beat until fluffy


3. Pour in the sugar about 1/3 cup at a time and beat
    until light and fluffy. ( This step is often referred to in
    cake recipes as 'creaming the sugar and shortening.'

4. Add eggs one at a time and mix well. Do not overbeat.


5. Stir in the dry ingredients (cocoa, flour, baking powder,
    baking soda) alternately with the wet ingredients (milk
    and vanilla extract) a little at a time, approximately 1/3
    cup each time.


6. Pour in the hot brewed Nescafe and mix well with a
    spatula.


7. Pour the batter in the prepared pan.


8. Bake in for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted
    into the cake comes out clean. Do not overbake so as to
    keep the cake moist and soft.

Once the cake is cooled, I cut it into small circular pieces and layered it with chocolate whipped cream. Topping with chocolate ganache and crowned it with a Ferrero Roche chocolate as the finishing touch. 

Chocolate Ganache

300gm semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, 

cut into small pieces

180ml heavy whipping cream

28 grams unsalted butter

Method

Heat the cream and butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring just to a boil. Turn off the heat and pour the chopped chocolate. Allow it to stand, without stirring for a few minutes. Then stir gently with a whisk until smooth. Once it is cooled, pour it onto the mini cakes.

Ferrero Roche Mini Chocolate Cake....simply irresistable.

Enjoy peeps.

Chocolate Cheese Cuppies versi Black Bottom Kek.

Assalam...

Kebelakangan ni kurang rajin nak blogging. Idea kurang malahan takde langsung.  Letih lesu je badan ni. Rasa kurang sihat. Begitulah bila usia di ambang senja. Tidak macam orang muda. Badan segar bugar, bertenaga macam guna bateri energiser.

Tambahan malam tadi tidur jam empat pagi. Pulang dari Kuala Lumpur, menghantar anak yang berpantang. Sampai dah pukul 11.30 malam. Terus ke dapur. Menyiapkan beberapa order. 

Buat birthday cake untuk Baba (panggilan ayahnya) Tidak sempat snap gambar. Letih sangat. Buat cheese cupcakes dan order ulangan...Black Bottom Cupcakes. Resepi yang saya dapat dari Joy of Baking.com

Cubaan pertama saya buat menggunakan resepi dari Joy of Baking.com seperti dalam video yang saya attachkan ini. Tetapi cubaan ke dua, bahagian kek choklatnya, saya guna resepi kek choklat moist. Hasilnya seperti di bawah ini. So saya namakan versi saya ...... Chocolate Cheese Cuppies.

Chocolate Cheese Cuppies

BAHAN CHOKLAT KEK

250gm butter
6 biji telur
470gm gula caster
1/2tsp esen vanila


BAHAN KERING
225gm tepung gandum
65gm   tepung jagung
80gm   koko powder
11/4tsp bicarbonate of soda
secubit garam


BAHAN BASAH
200gm air biasa
2 tsp nescafe
3 tbsp chocolate emulco

Cara-Cara
Pukul butter dan gula hingga gebu.
Masukkan telur sebiji-sebiji, selang seli dengan bahan
kering dan bahan basah.


Tuangkan adunan choklat ke dalam cawan kertas. Kemudian ambil sesudu besar filling cream cheese dan tuang ke atas adunan choklat. Bakar selama 35 minit dengan suhu 160C


BAHAN CREAM CHEESE FILLING
225gm cream cheese (saya guna 350gm)
65gm gula halus ( saya guna 150gm)
1 biji telur (saya guna 2 biji)
1/2 sudu teh esen vanila


Cara membuat filling
Guna eletrik mixer, pukul cream cheese dan gula hingga sebati. Masukkan telur dan esen vanila. Pukul lagi sampai cream cheese creamy dan smooth. Sudukan ke dalam adunan choklat tadi.

Anak-anak saya sukakannya. Mengapa tidak anda? Hehehee....macam iklan TV pulak.

So peeps...its already late. 

Nite everybody. Sleep tight n sweet dreams.