And someone turned 1!
My princess turned 1! What did Mumma do for her special day? Made a chocolate orange cake. Recipe will follow & so will the pics. Been long since I got time to 'sit' & type. Dad n Mum came for baby's b'day. We had a blessed time I'd say. Princess got her very first pair of shoes & boy! was she glad! her eyes were on the shoe even while cutting the cake! Okies I've gotta get back to kitchen. My vanilla orange cake is in the oven :-).
Recipe:
For Chocolate Cake
350 gms dark chocolate
240 gms Butter cubed
100 ml fresh orange juice
Zest of 1 orange
5 eggs
100 gms Sugar
100 gms Flour
1 Tbsp Vanilla
1) Preheat ovean to 160C
2) In a double boiler (fill a saucepan 1/3rd full of water & bring to boil. Place another steel bowl on top of this) add the chocolate, butter, orange juice & orange zest. Stir in between to help the mixture melt quickly. Once butter is melted, remove the bowl from heat & set aside.
3)In another bowl add the eggs, sugar, vanilla essence & blend on mediium - high speed till the volume is double the original amount.
4) Add the above egg mixture to the chocolate which is melted & slowly fold in with a spatula/spoon till it is well blended.
5) Add flour & mix
6) Pour batter into greased & dusted pan & bake for 20 - 25 mins or until wooden skewer inserted comes clean.
7) Cool to room temperature & remove cake from pan.
For Chocolate Glaze
200gms dark chocolate chopped
200ml fresh cream
1) Pour cream into a saucepan & bring it close to boiling point & remove from heat.
2) Add hot cream to chopped chocolate. Blend together but not overly or else the glaze will have a matte look.
3) Once chocolate is fully melted in the cream & blended together, pour over the cooled cake. Allow to cool to room temperature.
After the glaze is cooled, if necessary you can make a buttercream icing.
I don't have a piping bag to do my icing so how I did the l'le 'decoration'? :-D I placed the buttercream in a ziplock bag & cut out one corner of it & used it. That's why my icing looks droopy & doesn't really have a design.
Recipe:
For Chocolate Cake
350 gms dark chocolate
240 gms Butter cubed
100 ml fresh orange juice
Zest of 1 orange
5 eggs
100 gms Sugar
100 gms Flour
1 Tbsp Vanilla
1) Preheat ovean to 160C
2) In a double boiler (fill a saucepan 1/3rd full of water & bring to boil. Place another steel bowl on top of this) add the chocolate, butter, orange juice & orange zest. Stir in between to help the mixture melt quickly. Once butter is melted, remove the bowl from heat & set aside.
3)In another bowl add the eggs, sugar, vanilla essence & blend on mediium - high speed till the volume is double the original amount.
4) Add the above egg mixture to the chocolate which is melted & slowly fold in with a spatula/spoon till it is well blended.
5) Add flour & mix
6) Pour batter into greased & dusted pan & bake for 20 - 25 mins or until wooden skewer inserted comes clean.
7) Cool to room temperature & remove cake from pan.
For Chocolate Glaze
200gms dark chocolate chopped
200ml fresh cream
1) Pour cream into a saucepan & bring it close to boiling point & remove from heat.
2) Add hot cream to chopped chocolate. Blend together but not overly or else the glaze will have a matte look.
3) Once chocolate is fully melted in the cream & blended together, pour over the cooled cake. Allow to cool to room temperature.
After the glaze is cooled, if necessary you can make a buttercream icing.
I don't have a piping bag to do my icing so how I did the l'le 'decoration'? :-D I placed the buttercream in a ziplock bag & cut out one corner of it & used it. That's why my icing looks droopy & doesn't really have a design.
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