Showing posts with label Dessert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dessert. Show all posts

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Petit Four

Petit Four




It is so cool that from one dough, one recipe, you can make all these appetizing shapes and more, isn't it? My kids love those cookies, they love taking them to school to show off what mommy could do :D! I prefer them having those cookies- even though I use one drop of food colorant for the pink ones- than having junk food or ready made cookies.


Ingredient

  • 300 g white flour or for the chocolate dough 270 g white flour, 30 g cocoa powder
  • 200 g unsalted butter
  • 100 g confectioner's sugar or powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp of any liquor of your choice or just plain water


Directions

  1. Using the dough kneader, add the chopped butter and the sugar. 
  2. Once combined, add the flour and liquor.
  3. Knead the dough on the working table
  4. Refrigerate it for 15 minutes before working with it.
  5. You can make different shapes, get creative!
  6. Bake it in a preheated oven (150 degrees Celsius) for 15 minutes. 
  7. After you bake them you can dip them in chocolate or spread some jam on them. Your choice!


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Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Egg-less Chocolate Custard Cream

Chocolate pound cake


Super Mom egg-less custard cream is amazing with pound cake!


Ingredients

2 cups milk
3 tbsp flour
1 cup sugar
4 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp butter
2 tbsp Wiskey
A marble pound cake 


Directions


  • In a sauce pan, pour the milk and add the flour. 
  • Keep whisking and place over high heat.
  • Add the sugar and bring to the boil, then reduce to low heat while stirring constantly.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients and keep stirring until the mixture thickens about 10 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and allow to cool.
  • Cut your pound cake into 3 layers, spread the egg-less custard, put the layers all together and frost the cake with the same custard cream. 
  • Chill for 1 hour before serving. 
  • Serve it cool.
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Pound Cake: Vanilla, Chocolate and Marble

pound cake
Let your children participate in the baking, my 4 year old did most of the job on these cakes!

Ingredients

1 cup smoothed butter or for a lighter version 1 cup of Canola oil
2 cups of white sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract or a pinch of vanilla powder
1 tsp lemon zest
2 tsp orange Grand Marnier or any liquor of your choice
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 tsp Baking Powder
1 cup milk
4 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder, for the chocolate batter


Directions

Preheat oven to170 degrees C
Prepare 3 rectangle 8*20*8 cm baking tin or one round shaped, 20 cm diameter, baking tin.
Brush butter on all sides, sprinkle with flour and set aside.
Whisk the butter and the sugar until you get a whitish creamy mix.
While the electrical whisk is still on, add the eggs, vanilla, lemon zest and liquor.
Add the milk and keep whisking.
On the side, mix the baking powder and the flour in a bowl, and start adding the mixture little by little to the batter.
When all the ingredients are well combined, pour approximately 1/3 of the cake batter in one rectangular tin, only to 2/3 of it's height. In the second tin, pour a little of the vanilla batter and set aside.
Add the Cocoa powder to the cake batter, mix well and fill one whole tin of chocolate mix As for the tin half full of white batter pour the chocolate over and with a wooden spoon make a wavy move.
If baked in rectangular tins, bake on a 170 degrees C for 25 minutes, then on 130 degrees C for 35 minutes or until baked through. 
If baked in a round cake, 30 minutes in a 170 degrees heat will do it.
Fill it and frost it as wished and you got yourself a delicious, easily made cake for the whole family to enjoy.

P.S: You must know that you should never open your oven until the cake has been baking for at least 25 minutes.

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Friday, June 01, 2012

Father's Day- Potato Chocolate Cake

A Delicious Chocolate Cake Recipe That You Can Prepare With Your Kids For Father's Day

chocolate cake

Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1 cup potatoes, boiled and mashed
  • 3 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

For the filling:

  • 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups milk
  • 3 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
  • 1 tsp whiskey
  • 1 tsp butter 

For the Chocolate Ganache

  • 225 g finely chopped dark chocolate
  • 1 cup heavy cream

Baking Directions

  1. With an electrical beater, mix both sugar and butter until smooth and creamy. Use this method  with every pound cake and I guarantee you'll obtain a wonderful spongy result!
  2. Add the eggs, whiskey and vanilla extract while beating.
  3. Then add the potato, flour and baking powder
  4. Grease a 20 cm round cake mold , pour the batter and place in a preheated oven (350 degrees F- 175 degrees C) for about 35 minutes
  5. Meanwhile, pour 2 cups of cold milk in a saucepan, mix-in the flour and the cocoa and bring to a boil while stirring constantly. 
  6. Add the sugar, the whiskey and the butter
  7. Keep stirring until the mixture is creamy
  8. Set a side to cool.
  9. For the ganache, boil the cream until it starts rising up then you will know it's perfectly ready to be poured over the finely chopped chocolate. Stir until the chocolate is melted, about 2 minutes. Let the ganache sit at room temperature until it cools. This will take about 4 hours.

Cake Preparation


  1. Allow the cake to cool, about 1 hour. Cut it in 3 layers, and spread each layer with our delicious chocolate filling. You can sprinkle some chunky caramelized almonds, yum yum!!!
  2. Now, before covering the cake with ganache, trim the borders to get a perfect round, then cover the cake with butter-cream to hide all the imperfections (optional) and cool it in the refrigerator. 1 hour later, place the cake on a cooling rack, and pour the ganache in a circular movement,  starting from the center of the cake and  heading towards the edges.

Let me wish you a Happy Chocolaty Father's Day from How To Be Super Mom and Bon Appétit!!! 

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