Super Easy Truffles

Hi all,


    I am back after AGEZ.. Just finished with my uni, well, by finished I mean finished another semester. Currently on a break, so back to blogging. YAII


Today I am gona share a very simple and easy yet irresistibly delicious chocolate balls. 
Very flexible recipe, so you can basically do all sorts of different toppings. Let you imaginations run wild :):)


Here we go.




Chocolate truffles


Ingredients - 


- 3/4 c of cream
- 340 g dark or semi sweet chocolate peaces
- toppings (nuts, cocoa, coconut etc etc)


Method - 


- Heat the cream until nice and hot.
- remove from heat and add the chocolates to it. stir well.
 - chill for an hour or so
 - make small balls and roll it into all sorts of different toppings

ENJOY :)

Chunky chocolate and peanut butter cookies

Firstly, I am so busy these days with uni I don't even have time to scratch my head (not literally of course).

Anyway worries aside, I made these gorgeous chunky chocolate and peanut butter cookies. I had to bake something to get my mind off studies a little bit and relax, and what better way to relax than baking and eating chocolate AND peanut butter cookies. NUM NUM

These are heaven for chocolate and peanut butter lovers.


Chunky chocolate and peanut butter cookies (Goodfood Magazine)

dark chocolate broken into chunks - 300 g
milk chocolate broken into chunks - 100 g
brown sugar - 100 g
butter - 85 g
peanut butter - 100 g
egg - 1
vanilla extract - 1/2 tsp
self - raising flour - 100 g
roasted peanuts - 100 g

- preheat oven to 180 c
- melt100g of the dark chocolate, add in the sugar, butter, peanut butter, egg and vanilla and mix.
- add the flour, milk chocolate, peanuts, dark chocolate and mix.
- drop big spoonfuls and leave space in between.
- bake 10 - 15 min until done.

Fig and almond tart with chocolate ice cream

This was my first time trying out fresh figs. I have had figs before but they were dried figs and they are much more sweeter than the fresh ones. In fact the fresh ones are hardly sweet (at least the ones I tried).

I pre-planned everything for these gorgeous fresh figs. I wanted to make a beautiful fig and almond tart with chocolate ice cream that I had made the day before. So I went to the supermarket and bought all the things I needed.
I came home happy that I will be home all day by myself baking-but of-course to my disappointment I was told that we are expecting guests (had to happen didn't it).

But I had already made my mind that I'm having almond and fig tart with chocolate ice cream. And so I did but with few changes.

I used ready-made puff pastry. :D Yes, the good old ready-made puff pastry from the handy frozen aisle. They are there to be used right? So why not.

This is a quick recipe that I managed to pull off and indulge in the small time frame that I had. Honestly, I don't think I wanted anything better :)



Almond and fig tart

almond paste - 110g
cream cheese - 1/3 c
vanilla - 1 tsp
honey - 2 tbs
fresh figs - 4-5
Puff pastry sheets

- preheat to 180c
- mix everything well except the figs
- spread the filling on the pastry
- slice the figs how ever you like it and lay it on top of the filling and fold the sides of the pastry
- bake until golden




Chocolate ice cream

dark chocolate - 110g
milk - 1 c
cream - 1 c
sugar - 1 c
coffee flavor - 1 tsp (or other variations)

- Heat the milk and remove from the heat, add the chocolate and stir until smooth-cool
- whisk the eggs until fluffy and in the sugar and mix well
- add the cream, coffee and the chocolate mixture and blend well
- chill and freeze according to the ice cream maker and set.

Chocolate Fudge Faces

I bake because it gives me a time out from the everyday boring and sometimes stressful life. I also bake because it gives me the pleasure that I crave.
Also it is fun and adventurous every time. Not to mention all the delicious smells that fill the entire house and the happy and excited faces of the people who you bake for.

AH!! This is all the pleasure you can ask for.

Baking these cuppies were FUN FUN from start to finish. Starting with the simple action of beating the butter and the sugar and sifting of the flour and mixing everything together, to the coloring and shaping of the fondant. And best of all letting your imagination run wild. :)

Mum and Dad :)

brother, currently going through hormonal changes. so the pimples :P

Chocolate Fudge cupcakes (Homestyle magazine)

Broken dark chocolate - 50g
butter - 85g
milk - 1tbs
self-raising flour - 200g
bicarb soda - 1/2 tsp
brown sugar - 85g
caster sugar - 50g
egg - 1
sour cream - 142ml

- preheat oven to 180
- heat the chocolate, butter and milk until melted-cool
- mix the flour, soda, brown sugar and caster sugar
- in separate bowl beat the egg and sour cream and pour it into the flour mixture and and add the cooled chocolate mixture
- spoon into the cases and bake for 20 min until done

* These cupcakes are chocolatey and perfect on their own but to make them extra special top with chocolate ganache.
And if you are planning to have some fun with 'em, go ahead and roll yourself some fondant and play around :)

ME:)

Mocha Fudge Cake with Chocolate Ganache Filling and Light Butter Cream Frosting

This might sound a little awkward. But does this ever happen to you, whenever you see chocolate or hear the word chocolate or smell the beautiful aroma of chocolate, you immediately want to have chocolate or anything that has chocolate in it??

OK may be not, may be its just me making a complete fool out of myself here. :X

Well the thing is that today I left for university early this morning and only had a cup of tea with a slice of toast and some cheese on top. I thought it would be a quick trip and I would come home and have a good hearty lunch... But yeah didn't quite turn out that way and I ended up coming home at FIVE.

And on the train while coming back from University, all tired and hungry beyond anything I heard a couple of girls talking about "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (the movie) .



BUZZ.. CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE

And just hearing the word chocolate I was salivating uncontrollably. And as for the rest you can pretty much know it.

I came home and without changing my clothes immediately started making Mocha Fudge Cake with Chocolate Ganache filling and Chocolate butter cream frosting.

MMmmmmm... and I just almost had half of it all by myself while watching the movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" online ( silly you might think, but trust me when I say I have never had this much pleasure eating a cake while watching a movie. :P:P).

And about me eating half of the cake all by myself, please bear in mind while judging me that I didn't have a good hearty breakfast AND didn't have lunch at all, so I had the right to every crumb of it right??? ;);)

Make this cake and indulge in its heavenly rich texture and velvety ganache filling with light chocolate butter cream. And let your worries fly away while you eat away and watch away (oo it rhymes :P).

Oh! about the movie, its totally optional but you will have double the fun eating because you dont only physically eat chocolate but you also get to experience the chocolaty journey with Charlie (haha, now you are thinking shes a total douche). Well, I did say its optional. :P




Mocha Fudge Cake with Chocolate Ganache filling and Butter cream frosting (adapted from Good Food Magazine)

For the cake -

self raising flour - 300g
vanilla - 1tsp
eggs separated - 3
milk - 125ml
instant coffee - 4tbs (can add cocoa powder instead)
unsalted butter - 85g
caster sugar - 280g
chocolate melted - 85g
soured cream - 125ml

- preheat oven to 180c
- butter and line 2 x 2ocm baking tin
- Heat the milk and add coffee, cool
- cream the butter and sugar and whisk in the egg yolks and vanilla and melted chocolate
- fold in the flour, the cooled milk and soured cream
- whisk the egg whites until stiff and fold into the mixture
- pour into the tins and bake for 30min or until done.

Chocolate Ganache

cream - 240ml
butter 1tbs
sugar - 1oz
chocolate - 340g

- Heat the cream and the butter and sugar until dissolved and pour over the chocolate.

Chocolate Butter Cream

Butter room temperature - 150g
Icing sugar - 250g
Cocoa powder - 1/2tbs
boiling water - 3tsp

- beat the butter and sugar and cocoa powder and water untill light and fluffy.
- If too thick add a little more water.