Friday 19 December 2014

Rich Chocolate Cake (Highly Recommended) 强力推荐浓郁巧克力蛋糕 (中英食谱教程)



I just returned from my vacation in Australia. It was a wonderful time spend with my family. 

Shortly back from my trip, Tovolo sent me these interesting and functional tools, some are from the 2015 range and are not available in our local market yet. I am so happy and excited with my new kitchen toys! You will see some of it in action in today's tutorial photos. 



What a great Christmas present to receive! 


Christmas is just around the corner and I am in the mood to bake some chocolate cake. Dark chocolate being my favourite food as well as favourite ingredient for baking is the main and important ingredient for this chocolate cake recipe which I tried years ago and still love it today. 

I have used the Malagos 65% Chocolate samples which I received from Amy of CHOCOLATE-CHIP-SISTERS.COM to make this decadent rich chocolate cake. The result is a fragrant, rich and moist chocolate cake which one simply cannot resist! 


Here's my boy eating the snowman part by part starting from the hat. ;)

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Malagos Chocolate is 100% all natural, NO gluten, Non-GMO, no preservatives or artificial colouring, no dairy and no nuts. It is of single-origin which gives it that distinct flavour. With the launch of her new online store, Amy is offering all Malagos chocolate products at 10% discount till end of the month. Do visit her online store at http://chocolate-chip-sisters.com/ if you intend to get some pure and all natural artisan chocolate for baking or eating. 

Other recipes that I have used Malagos Chocolates can be found here: 
Quick and Easy Plain Brownies 简易巧克力布朗尼
Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Cookies 花生酱巧克力豆饼干 




Rich Chocolate Cake (Highly Recommended) 
强力推荐浓郁巧克力蛋糕


Ingredients:

200g unsalted butter, softened
150g brown Sugar
3 eggs (I used 60g ones)
200g good quality Dark Chocolate (I used 20 pieces of Malagos 65% Dark Chocolate, 1 piece is about 10 grams)
220g cake flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tbsp cocoa powder (I used Margaret River Chocolate Company's)
1 tsp vanilla extract (I used Queen's vanilla bean extract with seeds) 

6 tbsp dark rum *
150ml fresh Milk 

*Half the recipe (Snowman design) without rum is for my kids' consumption. 3 tablespoons of Bacardi Oakheart rum was added to the other half recipe for the Christmas Tree design. 

Actual ingredients used for this recipe. 


食材:

200克 牛油,软化
150克 赤糖
3粒 鸡蛋(我用60克的)
200克 上等黑巧克力(我用20片Malago 65%黑巧克力,1片约10克)
220克 低筋面粉
1茶匙 发粉
1/2茶匙 苏打粉
2汤匙 可可粉
1茶匙 纯香草精
6汤匙 黑朗姆酒*
150毫升 鲜牛奶


*食谱一半没放朗姆酒 (雪人小蛋糕)是给小朋友享用的。另一半加了3汤匙的百加得橡木心辛香朗姆酒 (圣诞树小蛋糕)是给大人享用的。




Methods 方法:

1. Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease and line base and side of a 9 inch round cake pan. 

(  I used half the batter for Snowman mould pan and the other half for the Christmas Tree mould pan.) 

1.烤箱预热至160摄氏度。9寸圆模铺上油纸。
(我用雪人和圣诞树模,各用一半食谱。在盘上涂抹一层油以防粘模。)

The Tovolo Large Pastry Brush is used to grease the pans, It has an easy-grip, contoured handle with silicone bristles which won't retain odours or absorb flavours. 


2. Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda together. Set aside.


2.面粉,可可粉,粉和苏打粉一起过筛。备用。





3. Melt chocolate using double boil method. Stir with a spoon until melted and smooth. Set aside for 10 minutes to cool. 
(I used my Brandt induction hob to melt the chocolate directly using the lowest heat - power 1)

3.巧克力采用双层煮沸的方法融化。用勺搅拌至溶化和顺滑。静置10分钟冷却。
(我用Brandt电磁炉最低的热量直接融化巧克力 - 功率1)


Here's using my favourite Tovolo mini Spoonula to stir and melt the Malagos Chocolate directly over Brandt induction hob. 


4. Use an electric mixer, cream the butter, brown sugar and vanilla extract until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add in the melted chocolate. Beat until well combined. Fold half the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Add in half the milk, stir gently to combine. Repeat with remaining flour mixture and milk. 

4.用电动搅拌机,搅拌牛油,赤糖和香草精,直到轻和蓬松。加入鸡蛋,一次一个,每次加入后搅拌均匀。加入融化的巧克力,搅打均匀。用橡皮刮刀以不规则方向拌入一半的面粉,再加入一半的牛奶,轻轻搅拌混合。重复拌入剩余的面粉和和牛奶。


The Tovolo 5.2L stainless steel bowl is used here. Love this deep bowl with an elegant brushed exterior as it prevents mess when mixing and the rolled lip allows for an easy pour. The cute Tovolo Gingerbread cookie spatula is used to fold in the flour and milk. 

* After using half the batter to fill up the snowman mould pan, I added 3 tablespoons of Bacardi Oakheart rum to the remaining half batter for the Christmas Tree mould pan. 


*一半的面糊倒入雪人烤模后, 我在剩余的面糊里加入3汤匙的百加得橡木心辛香朗姆酒 ,倒入圣诞树烤模。 




5. Spoon into prepared pan. Smooth surface. 

5。面糊倒入模盘,抹平表面。

I used the Tovolo Cupcake Pen to dispense the batter efficiently into the mould pan and used the Tovolo Scoop and Spread to smooth out the surface.



6. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. (It took 25 mins for my Brandt oven to bake the cakes in the Snowman and Christmas Tree mould pans.)

6.烘烤约50至60分钟,或直到竹签插入中心没有沾粘就可以取出。(我的Brandt烤箱用了25分钟烤好雪人和圣诞树小蛋糕。)




Cool on wiring rack totally before decorating.
放在凉网上散热,才可装饰。


7. Decorate as desire. (My girl and I had fun decorating the Snowman and Christmas tree cakes. )

7. 随意装饰。(亲子乐- 女儿与我一起装饰雪人和圣诞树小蛋糕。)

Perfect tools for working with small amount - Love the small and mighty Tovolo Mini Whisk which whipped up the royal icing. The Tovolo mini Stripes Spatula is great for transferring the royal icing into the small piping bag. 

Decorating stuffs which I brought back from my recent holiday in Australia.
Wishing all my readers a blessed and joyous Christmas! 祝大家圣诞快乐!

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I am linking this post to the "Cook & Celebrate: Christmas 2014"event hosted by Yen from Eat your heart out, Diana from Domestic Goddess Wannabe and Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids.


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The cooking temperature as suggested in all my recipes serve as a guideline. Every oven has different thermostat, you may have to adjust the temperature and timing to suit your oven. Different brand of ingredients have different composites, thus there may be a slight difference in the end result.  食谱里的烘烤温度和时间只是供参考,每一架烤炉的恒温器都不同,请自己调适。不同品牌的材料有不同的复合材料,所以最终成品有可能稍有不同。

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10 comments :

PurpleThousand said...

Thanks for sharing... will definitely try

Just to check if I use 8 inch pan do I need to reduce shorten baking time?
Thank you

From Yvonne C

Baking Taitai said...

Hi Yvonne C, the timing and temperature will depend on the colour and material of your baking pan as different materials conduct and distribute heat differently. Please adjust accordingly.

Victoria Bakes said...

是交换么?那么可爱的雪人,怎么可错过这交易呀?圣诞树找雪人来了哟

Fion said...

好可爱!好可爱!哪里舍得吃呢?

Karen Luvswesavory said...

Hi Cheryl, welcome back. Impressive decorated snowman and Christmas tree chocolate cakes.
Blessed Christmas to you & family!

DomesticGoddessWannabe said...

Hi Cheryl, these cakes are super cute!!!

Joceline Lor said...

merry x'mas & happy new year 2015!

Zoe said...

Hi Cheryl,

Nice that Tovolo has been a great Santa Claus this year :D I have received some tools from Tovolo Australia too :D

Your Christmas chocolate cakes look wonderful... like Christmas wonderland :D

Zoe

mui mui said...

Hi Cheryl,
Look like I am loving your Tovolo stuffs
They are all so attractive.
Your chocolate cakes are so cute and I bet they are yum!
mui

Miss B @ Everybody Eats Well in Flanders said...

Hi Cheryl
How I envy you, so many pretty cookie moulds and utensils, and you are such a good baker who is willing to share with everybody! Here's wishing you and family a merry christmas and a happy new year, and keep posting your yummy bakes in the new year !