Chocolate Creme Pie

Chocolate Creme Pie

Ingredients:

• 1 condensed milk
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 tbspn cornstarch
• 5 tbspn cocoa
• 1 2/3 cups water
• 1 tspn vanilla extract
• 2 tbspn butter
• 1 baked pastry shell(9 inches)

Method:

• Take water,cocoa,cornstarch and mix well.
• Beat the egg yolks and stir in this with cornstarch.Add milkmaid.
• Cook this mixture in saucepan till thick.
• Add butter,vanilla extract.
• Let it cool down and pour into the shells and chill until set.
• Top with whipped creme,melted chocolate  and grated chocolate.

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Chocolate Swiss Roll

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs
• 75 gms caster sugar
• 75 gms plain flour
• 2 tbspns cocoa powder
• 2 tbspn icing sugar
• 100 gms softened butter
• 1/2 tspn vanilla essence

 Method:

• Grease the swiss roll tin and preheat the oven to 200C.
• Whisk and beat the eggs together with an electric beater till thick.
• Sift the cocoa powder and flour two times to prevent lumps. Mix this with whisked eggs and 1tbspn warm water smoothly.
• Spread on tin and bake it for 10-15 minutes.
• Take a tea towel,cover with baking paper and dust with caster sugar.
• Take the cake and roll it with the paper inside the cake.
• Cool it on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
• Now beat the icing sugar,butter and vanilla essence.One can beat in melted chocolate as well.
• Unroll the sponge cake and spread the above paste leaving a half inch border all around.
• Re roll the cake,refrigerate,cut in slices and serve.

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Black Forest Cake

Black Forest Cake

Ingredients 

• 2 nos. eggs
• 40 gm flour 
• 15 gm cocoa powder 
• 85 gm sugar 
• 2 tbspn powdered sugar
• 1 tspn vanilla essence 
• 3 tbspn melted butter 
• 2 tbspn water

(For Frosting)

• Heavy Whipping Cream 
• Sugar as needed
• 1 tspn Vanilla Essence
• 1 can Cherries 
• Grated Chocolate

(For syrup)

• 1 cup Water/ Cherry  Syrup 
• 1/2 cup Sugar 
• 1 tspn Vanilla Essence

Method:

• Take sieved cocoa powder,flour and combine it with melted butter,water and the essence.
• Beat sugar and eggs and add to the above mixture to form a batter.
• Pour the above mixture onto a 7" pan and bake it for 20-25 minutes at 350F till the cake is done.
• For the syrup take cherry syrup/plain water and sugar, bring it to a boil.
• (One can add rum to this for better results)
• For the frosting whip the creme,sugar and vanilla essence.
• Now cut the cake into two halves and pour the syrup and allow the cake to become moist while absorbing.
• Spread the frosting,grated chocolate,chopped cherries and put the second layer of cake upon it and repeat the process.
• Apply this on sides using spatula and refrigerate.
• Top with some more cherries and its ready to eat.

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Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake

Mousse Cake

Ingredients:

(For the cake)
1/3 cup flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 tsp Baking powder
1/8 tsp Baking Soda
A pinch of salt
1 tspn crown flax seed powder
2 tbsps  Water
2 tbsps oil
1 tsp Vanilla essence

(For the Chocolate Mousse)
125 gms chocolate block
125 gms Butter
100 ml Whip cream
1/4 cup Icing Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla essence

(For the Icing)
1 cup Dark Chocolate
1/4 cup butter
2 tbspn cherry/ Corn syrup
1 tspn Vanilla extract


Method:

(Base Cake)
Sieve flour.baking powder,baking soda,salt,cocoa powder and  add sugar.
Mix the flax seed powder with 1/2 cup semi warm water and add vanilla essence.
Mix the water and oil and then add this mixture with the flax seed mixture.
Then mix the dry ingredients with the wet ones and form a batter.
Pour this batter onto the 6' round pan and bake at 180C for 20-25 minutes.
Set aside to cool.

(Chocolate mousse)
Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler.
Whip the icing sugar and whipping creme and keep it aside.
When the chocolate-butter mixture cools down, add the whipped creme mixture and fold it well.

(Icing)
Melt the chocolate,butter and cherry/corn syrup.
Add vanilla and mix well.

Now,

Take the base cake and make some random holes in it
Pour the prepared chocolate mousse onto it and level it with a spatula.Refrigerate.
Then take the cake out when it sets and spread the icing over the cake making it drizzle down in random fashion.
The yumm cake is ready to eat.

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Chocolate Balls

Chocolate Balls

Ingredients:

• Marie biscuit or any other sweetened biscuit
• 1 tin Milk maid
• 2 tbspn Cocoa powder
• 2 tbspns butter
• 1 tbspn hazlenuts(optional)
• 1 tspn Vanilla essence

Method:

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• Crush and sieve the marie buscuits into a powder.
• Melt butter and add buscuit powder,cocoa powder,milkmaid, vanilla essence,hazlenuts and mix well
• Roll it into round balls or oval shapes and put it in a tray
• Refrigerate and let it turn hard

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Chocolate Brownies

Choclate Brownie

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups flour
• 1 ½ cup sugar
• ¾ cup butter 
• 3 fl oz (0.9 dl) boiling water 
• 3 eggs 
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder 
• 1 tsp baking powder 
• 1 tsp vanilla essence 
• 120 gm chocolate chips 
• 150 gm chopped walnuts 

Icing

Brownie With Frosting

• 1/3 cups of butter 
• 2 tbsn hot espresso or very strong coffee 
• 220 gm sweet or semisweet dark chocolate 
• 2 tbspns of corn syrup 

Method

• Preheat the oven to 350F Take a (33 x 23 cm) cake baking pans and grease it with flour. 
• In a bowl add the measured amount of  baking powder,all purpose  flour, sugar, cocoa powder,and vanilla essence. 
• Add  the eggs, butter, boiled water and mix well. Then mix nuts and chocolate chips. 
• Bake at 350F for 25-30 minutes. Let the cake cool down. Coat with the chocolate icing.. 

For the icing mix butter, roughly chopped chocolate, corn syrup and strong coffee and heat in a double boiler(using steam) until melted. Stir till smooth and spread over the cake

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Chocolate Pudding

Chocolate Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar 
• 1/2 cup baking cocoa 
• 4 cups milk 
• 2 tbsn butter 
• 1/4 cup cornstarch 
• 2 tspn vanilla extract 
• 1/2 tspn salt 

Method:

• Take a saucepan and add cocoa,sugar, cornstarch and salt. 
• Then add milk gradually and let it boil for two minutes,stirring frequently.
• Then switch off the flame and add vanilla and butter. 
• Let it Chill by refrigeration.
• Serve it in individual dishes.
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• Garnish with sliced almonds.

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Choco Chip Muffins

Ingredients 

Muffins

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 egg 
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup of good quality vegetable oil 
• 2 tbsn of cocoa powder 
• 2 cup semisweet chocolate chips 
• 1 cup of milk 
• 3/4 cup of sugar 
• 2 tsp of baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of baking soda 

Method:

• Preheat the oven to 2O5C or 400F.
• Take flour,cocoa powder,baking powder,sugar,baking soda,chocolate chips in a bowl.
• Add egg,vegetable oil,milk,vanilla essence into a bowl and make a batter. It will have lumps in it.
• Pour this batter into the paper muffin cases and spread some chocolate chips over it
• Bake the muffins for 20-25 minutes till its prepared.
• Muffins should be spongy and do the knife test.(The knife should come out clean when inserted into the muffins and taken out.)

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Home Made Choclates

Ingredients:

• 2 cups cocoa powder, 
• 3/4 cup or 150 gms butter, 
• ½ cup or 115 gms sugar,
• 2/3 cup or 160 ml milk, 
• ¼ tsp flour, 
• 4 tbspn powdered sugar 
• 1 cup or 250 ml water 

 Method: 

• Take cocoa and butter and form a paste in a processor.
• Use a double boiler to form a chocolate paste. Heat a container of half filled water and put the chocolate in a bowl and keep it over the container,heat until it forms a paste.
• Then again use a processor to form a smooth chocolate paste.
• Take warm milk, flour,sugar and add chocolate paste and mix well.
• Take required shapes of molds and pour the mixture onto it and refrigerate till hard.
• Remove it from molds and wrap them with colorful papers. The chocolates are ready to delight your mouth.

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Dark Chocolate Cake

Dark Chocolate Cake

 Preparation Time:15-20 minutes

 Ingredients 

•  1/2 cup cooking oil
•  2 eggs
•  2 tsp vanilla essence
•  1 cup boiling water
• 1 3/4 cups of flour
•  3/4 cup of Cocoa powder
•  1 and1/2 tspn baking powder
•  2 cup sugar
•  1 cup of milk
•  1 and 1/2 tspns baking soda
•  Pinch of salt 

 Method

• Heat the oven at 350°F. Take two 9" round or square baking pans and grease it with flour. 
• Mix sugar, all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla essence; beat for 2 minutes.Add boiling water. Spread the batter into greased pans. 
• Bake the batter for 35 to 40 minutes. Insert a knife to check whether the cake is baked or not. The knife should come out clean. Let it cool for 10 minutes.

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