Monday, May 23, 2011

Chocolate brownies


Ingredients:
.50g (2oz) cocoa powder
.200g (7oz) flour
.250g (80oz) soft margarine
.300g (4oz) caster sugar
.4 eggs
.1 teaspoon vanilla essence
.50g (2oz) walnuts chopped

Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 200º
2. Mix cocoa powder with the flour.
3. Cream the margarine with the sugar then beat the eggs and vanilla adding a little flour mixture with each addiction.
4. Fold in the remaining mixture and the nuts.
5. Spread the mixture into a grassed mold.
6. Bake for 20-30 minutes the cake should be slightly under cooked but just firm in the center. Cool before slicing into bars.

Chocolate Coulant


Chocolate Coulant
Ingredients (For 10 people)
. 250 g dank choclate (Lindt 70%)
. 150 g sugar
.200 g butter
. 6 eggs
. 120 g flour
. 1 pinch of salt
. 2 tsp cocoa powder for dusting
Instructions
Grease ten ramekins with plenty of butter and dust with a little cocoa powder.
Meanwhile melt the butter in a bain-marie (double boiler), and add the chocolate. Stir the mixture until the chocolate dissolves then remove from the heat and set aside.
Beat together the egg yolks (one bye one) and the sugar until thick and creamy then stir in the molten chocolate and beat until creamy and smooth. Quickly add the flour and fold until incorporated.
In another bowl whisk the white and add them carefully to the chocolate mixture (stir together but not beat!!!)
Pour the mixture into the ramekins and place them on a baking tray before placing in an oven prehead to 200ºC. Bake for about 12-13 minutes. Immediately take out of the oven, invert the ramekins on serving plates and allow to sit for 10 seconds before removing. Dust with icing sugar and cocoa and serve white a fruit compote.


Saturday, November 13, 2010

Apple cake



Ingredients

- 3-4 large apples
- 2 tablespoon of sugar for the apples
- 2 cups of flour
- 2 cups of sugar
- 4 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon of fine salt
- 1 cup of vegetable oil
- 4 large eggs.

Instructions

- Preheat the oven to 350ºF
- Core and peal the apples
- Chop them into uniform chunks
- Mix them with the 2 tbsp of sugar
In another bowl:
- Mix together: 2 cups of flor, 2 cups of sugar, 4 tsp of baking powder, 1/4 tsp of fine salt, 1 cup of vegetalbe oil and 4 large eggs. Stir together until batter just forms
- Stir in 3 cups of apples.
- Pour batter into a buttered cake pan.
- Bake for 65 minutes or until top is golden brown

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Monday, March 15, 2010

hot chocolate mix

ingedients
  • 115 g. non-fat dry milk powder
  • 25g. powdered non-dairy creamer
  • 70g. instant chocolate drink mix
preparation
  • in a large bowl, combinedry milk non dairy-creamer,confectiones sugar and instant chocolate drink mix. Mix well put in a large bowl airtight container. Label and store in a cool dry place. Best if used with in 6 months.
  • To make hot chocolate, add 3 tablespoons mix to 1 cup of hot water, and stir well. Add mini marshmallowa if destired.

CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS


INGREDIENTS



  • 160 G. SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE

  • 75G. UNSALED BITTER

  • 180 ML. BUTTERMILK

  • 100 G. WHITE SUGAR

  • 1 EGG

  • 8 ML.VANILLA EXTRACT

  • 210 G. ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

  • 5G.BAKING SODA

  • 3 G. SALT

  • 175 G. MINI SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS

PREPARATION



  • PREHEAT THE OVEN TO 205 DEGREES C. LINE 12 MUFFINS CUPS WITH PAPERS.

  • IN A SMALL SAUCEPAN OVEN LOW HEAT, MELT THE SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE TOGETHER WITH THE BUTTER. LET STAND UNTIL COOLED, ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

  • LIGHTLY BEAT THE EGG. IN A SMALL BOWL, STIR TOGETHER THE CHOCOLATE BUTTER MIXTURE WITH THE BUTTERMILK, SUGAR,EGG, AND VANILLA, UNTIL BLENDED.

  • IN A LARGE BOWL,STIR TOGETHER FLOUR, SODA AND SALT. MAKE A HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE DRY INGREDIENTS, POUR IN THE CHOCOLATE MIXTURE AND STIR IN THE MINI CHOCOLATE CHIPS. SOON THE BATTER INTO THE LINED MUFFIN CUPS.

  • BAKE AT 205 DEGREES C FOR 20-25 MINUTS OR UNTIL A TOOTHPICK INSERTED IN THE CENTER OF A MUFFIN COMES OUT CLEAN. REMOVE MUFFIN TIN FROME OVEN, AND LET STAND AT LEAST 5 MINUTES, BEFORE REMUVING THE MUFFINS AND LETTING THEM COOL ON A WIRE RACK. SERVE WARM OR COOLED, CAN BE FROZEN AS WELL.