Chocolate cakes, pastries, pies - which masterpieces cannot be invented in the confectionery area from such a universal product like chocolate! The best part is that most of them can be "recreated" at home without the help of professionals. The main thing is to show a little effort, patience and imagination - and a gorgeous chocolate product will proudly show off at the festive table!
Chocolate cake - general principles and methods of preparation
The main "hero" of our article will be chocolate cake in its various variations. After all, think, instead of the on-duty chocolate cake, guests can be served an equally delicious delicacy - a chocolate cake. If you prepare it correctly, observing elementary rules, then the result will be simply excellent.
It should be noted that the taste of the cake with cocoa powder is significantly different from the cake in which real dark chocolate was added, therefore it is recommended to put only chocolate in such a product. If desired, it can be combined with cocoa or a small amount of instant coffee. By the way, there are many recipes for pies with the addition of white chocolate, which is no less valuable in cooking.
For splendor of the dough, mistresses usually add baking powder or a small amount of soda (in pure form or quenched in acid). As a filling, you can completely use fruits, vegetables, berries, fruit and berry purees and jams, condensed milk, nuts (they can also be added to the dough) and other confectionery ingredients.
Chocolate Pie - Food Preparation
One of the main components of our pie is chocolate. The taste of the output product will depend on its quality and "naturalness". If it is possible to taste the chocolate before buying - do it without delay. As a rule, real dark chocolate melts very quickly in your mouth without leaving a creamy coating. If the “chocolate” is made from cheap vegetable oils with the addition of cocoa, its melting point rises significantly, so such a product will not immediately melt in your mouth. In addition, he leaves behind an oil residue on the tongue. A cake made from natural chocolate differs significantly in taste and aroma from a cake made from a fake product.
Chocolate Pie - The Best Recipes
Recipe 1: Brownie Chocolate Pie
Chocolate "Brownie" is a delicious dessert cake of American origin, which traditionally has a flat rectangular shape. Depending on the cooking time, the “Brownie” turns out to be liquid, moist and slightly dried inside. Its delicate taste, like chocolate, melts in your mouth! After all, no wonder all Americans love the pie. If desired, “brownie” can be supplemented with nuts or powdered sugar, and served with whipped cream.
Ingredients:
- flour 150 gr.
- 1-2 table. l cocoa powder
- 120 gr. butter
- 200 gr. dark chocolate
- soda on the tip of the spoon
- 0.5 gr. vanillin (half pack)
- 200 gr. fine sugar
- three eggs
- a pinch of salt
Cooking method:
1. Sift the flour, mix it with soda and cocoa powder (you can sift along with these ingredients). We grind dark chocolate and melt it with butter on the stove using a water bath or in the microwave. Pour sugar into the resulting chocolate-butter mass and stir until dissolved.
2. Separately, beat three eggs, then gently, kneading, spread the foam into the chocolate mixture. Beat everything with a mixer. Next, start pouring flour mixed with cocoa and soda, and then again thoroughly beat the base with a mixer.
3. We heat the oven to 170-190 C. Cover the baking sheet with parchment, grease it with fat and pour in our base. We send the cake to the heat and bake from 20 to 50 minutes (depending on which cake you want to get: wet inside or dried) and enjoy a tea party!
Recipe 2: Chocolate Cake with Curd Balls
Amazing chocolate flavor combined with curd balls will take you to the atmosphere of joy and a light holiday. By the way, curd balls can be made simply as an independent dessert. You should definitely try both. But first, a pie!
Ingredients:
Balloons:
- two yolks
- 250 gr. cottage cheese
- 40-60 gr. Sahara
- coconut flakes - approximately 50 gr.
- starch - about three tables. spoons
Dough:
- 4 eggs (yolks and squirrels separately)
- 50 gr. of chocolate
- 70 gr. Sahara
- flour - about 2 tbsp. lies.
- starch - 2 table. lies.
- cocoa powder - three tables. lies.
- baking powder on the tip of the knife
- a pinch of salt
- vanilla - two bags
Glaze:
- 2 tables each. tablespoons of sugar, cocoa and water
- 20-30 gr. butter
Cooking method:
1. Balls: wipe the cottage cheese, mix with sugar, chips, starch, yolks and mix everything until a thick homogeneous mass is formed. We wet our hands and from the resulting curd base we begin to form balls (small in size). Set them aside in a cool place.
2. Dough: beat the yolks with 30 gr. sugar and vanilla to a dense foamy mass. Melt the chocolate in a water bath and mix it with the yolks whipped with sugar. Mix the flour with starch, baking powder, cocoa and salt, and then sift together. Pour the flour into the yolk-chocolate mixture. With the rest of the sugar (for the dough), beat the whites to a thick foam and carefully introduce the meringues into the dough, gently stirring with a whisk, so as not to disturb the airy structure of the meringues. We start the dough.
3. Preheat the oven, put the curd balls in a split mold (greased), pour the dough on top and bake the cake for about forty minutes at 175-180 C. While the product is baking, prepare the icing: mix the dry ingredients with water first, then with the flooded creamy oil. Rub everything thoroughly until sugar is dissolved. Pour the icing with the obtained glaze after we take it out of the oven. And now you can drink a seagull with an amazing cottage cheese and chocolate cake.
Recipe 3: Rhubarb Chocolate Cake with White Chocolate
An open-type pie made from shortcrust pastry and the original filling of rhubarb, white chocolate and cream will pleasantly surprise real connoisseurs of homemade pastries. The perfect complement to a cup of coffee! Actually, the "highlight" of the pie is a reddish stalk of rhubarb. Thanks to its spicy taste with a slight acidity, it is often used for confectionery purposes.
Ingredients:
For the test:
- flour 250 gr.
- a pinch of salt
- icing sugar 3-4 tablespoons
- 150 gr. butter (cream margarine)
- one egg
- 1-2 table. l cream
For filler:
- 100 gr. cream
- 100 gr. white chocolate
- two eggs
- vanilla
- sugar 3-4 table. lies.
- 300-400 gr. stalks of rhubarb
Cooking method:
1. Mix the flour with salt, powdered sugar. Grind butter, mix it with flour and grind until crumbly. Break the egg into the mixture and add the cream. Grind everything, but do not knead, and quickly collect the dough into a lump. Then we put it in a bag and remove it in the cold, where it is kept for 30-40 minutes.
2. While the dough is cooling, heat the liquid cream (you can bring it to a boil) strongly on the stove and melt the chocolate in them, not forgetting the constant stirring. We wash the rhubarb, clear of unnecessary elements (stems and leaves) and cut the stems into small rings. Add eggs, vanilla and sugar to the creamy-chocolate mixture. Beat everything until smooth.
3. We take out the dough, level it on the bottom and on the side walls of a removable form, greased with oil, put the sliced rhubarb on the dough and fill it with chocolate cream filling.
4. Send the cake to the oven (preheated to 200 C) and bake for about half an hour. Before serving, sprinkle the product with icing sugar and serve. It turned out very tasty!
Recipe 4: Chocolate Cheesecake with Strawberry Jam and Banana
Cheesecake is a popular cheese (or cottage cheese) dessert in the USA and Europe. There are many secrets of its preparation. In this recipe, we will try to reveal the main ones. Making chocolate cheesecake with strawberries and bananas will not take too much time, and the result is guaranteed to bring real pleasure to all members of your family.
Ingredients:
- fat cottage cheese 600 gr.
- fat sour cream 100 gr.
- four eggs
- 150 gr. Sahara
- four table. spoons of cocoa
- one banana
- two tablespoons of semolina
- a pinch of salt
- Strawberry jam
Cooking method:
1. Wipe the cottage cheese until all grains are removed. Separate the yolks from the proteins, whisk the proteins with salt. Then pour half the sugar and beat until thick meringue. Then beat the yolks with the remaining sugar.
2. Combine mashed cottage cheese, beaten yolks, proteins, cocoa and fat sour cream. Mix everything thoroughly.
3. At the bottom of the form we line the parchment, grease the surface with butter, sprinkle evenly with semolina. Pour half the base for the cheesecake into the mold, put the bananas sliced in cubes or cubes on top and fill in the remaining base.
4. We send the cheesecake to the oven, preheated to 170-200 gr. and bake the cake for one hour. Upon reaching the readiness, we take out the cheesecake and after cooling it, remove it from the mold. Pour with jam, decorate with berries and serve a treat to the table. Bon appetit to all!
Chocolate cake - useful tips from experienced chefs
- To bake the cake evenly, both inside and out, do not leave voids on the baking sheet around it;
- Warm airy chocolate cake should be cut into portioned pieces with a hot knife to prevent its deformation and decay;
- Slamming the oven door during the baking process is not recommended, since the cake can “settle” quickly enough;
- If the chocolate cake starts to burn prematurely, place a container of cold water under it (in the corner of the oven).
