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One Bowl Chocolate Almond Dessert Cake

September 9, 2013 by TheWhiteRamekins

One Bowl Chocolate Almond Dessert Cake

This is the kind of chocolate cake which will fix all your problems. Like an elixir, you see. No exaggeration. A wonderful moist dark chocolate and almond dessert cake, is all you need for all your chocolate fix. And this is by far the best recipe of chocolate cake I have ever tried, if I say so to myself.

One Bowl Chocolate Almond Dessert Cake

A fudgy chocolate cake with really deep flavors. Plus, this has got all the nice ingredients. Don’t let the name dessert cake keep you away from this wonderful chocolate cake, all you health conscious folks. As this has got the goodness of dark chocolate, so you could chose on to using the one with 70% of the cocoa solids.

One Bowl Chocolate Almond Dessert Cake

This has got the good fats from the almond meal. And not only just the goodness of nut fats, it gets a super moist texture from the amount of almond meal being used in this cake, as compared to flour. In fact, only using almond meal would work good too.

One Bowl Chocolate Almond Dessert Cake

Next, it has got brown sugar, not the refined unhealthy white sugar. And if that also isn’t enough, it has got whole wheat flour. Yeah, so I took chance to use wholewheat flour instead of suggested plain flour, as the amount of flour used is really less, as compared to other ingredients. And it worked like a magic too. No distinct hint of wholewheat flour.

One Bowl Chocolate Almond Dessert Cake

I know, I sound more like selling this cake to you all, by any means. But trust me, you wouldn’t feel guilty after having a slice of this cake. It is that good. Did I tell you, that it is as easy as it tastes good. Yups, you need a bowl and whisk and some good quality ingredients. So lesser utensils to clean too.

One Bowl Chocolate Almond Dessert Cake

That’s not enough, you could make this cake in advance too, if planning for a dinner party, as it needs it’s own time to set in the fridge. Serve it alongside some fresh fruits and a dollop of whipped cream, a perfect way to complete your dinner. This is a recipe adapted from Donna Hay’s Fast Fresh & Simple. Her recipes are such fun to make, truly Fast Fresh and Simple. I have tried her many recipes, and none of them have disappointed me ever. And this one won’t disappoint you either. So, give it a try!

One Bowl Chocolate Almond Dessert Cake

Ingredients

375 gm dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids, recommended)
175 gm light brown sugar
120 gm almond meal
35 gm wholewheat flour
100 gm butter
5 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp milk
cocoa for dusting

Directions

  1. Preheat oven at 170 degree C. Grease and line a 8.5 inch springform pan with parchment paper, both on the bottom and on the walls and keep aside.
  2. In a bowl, melt the chocolate with butter over a simmering double boiler, ensuring the water doesn’t touch the bottom of the bowl.
  3. Once, chocolate has melted, mix in the sugar. Sift in the flour. Add the almond meal and mix well. Mix in the milk and vanilla extract.
  4. Crack in all the eggs and mix well to combine. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Cover the top loosely with aluminium foil and bake for about 40 minutes.
  5. Let cool in the pan and then stand in fridge for 3-4 hours to let it set completely.
  6. Dust with cocoa powder when ready to serve.

Filed Under: cake, chocolate Tagged With: almond meal, baking, chocolate, dessert cake, donna hay, food

Welcoming Year 2013 With Strawberry Jelly And Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta Trifles

January 1, 2013 by TheWhiteRamekins

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The year that just passed by took me through a wonderful journey. It was an year when a lot happened. It was an year, when I moved from Blogger to WordPress and started writing about my food on a more regular basis.

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I came across so many wonderful food blogs which not only gave me the inspiration and motivation to try new and challenging recipes each and every passing day, but also taught me the insights of the food photography. It challenged me differently each and every time and changed my perception towards a photograph.

Strawberry Jelly With Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta

Looking back at the day I started writing about food 2 years ago, I have come a long way in terms of learning and the experience. And I thank you all my lovely readers for that.

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It was an year, when this blog gave me an opportunity to join this wonderful food blogger community, Blogger’s Table – A chatty, vivacious bunch of very talented people, I know.  The group gave me a chance to learn more about food reviews. An d it was a great experience learning this first hand.

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There had been so many things which I wanted to do before the year ended. But I could do only few of them as the time permitted. That leaves me with those things to be taken up, new recipes to be tried up in the year 2013. And I look towards this year in more hope and more aspiration.

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Ushering in the new year, I prepared these beautiful looking strawberry jelly and vanilla bean panna cotta trifles, which are basically inspired from Donna Hay’s Strawberry and Vanilla Macaroon Trifles. Such stunning looking these mini desserts were. I took them to my friend’s for the new year party and they were really a rage. A total hit both among the adults and the kids.

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Ingredients

Strawberry Jelly

2½ teaspoons unflavored gelatin powder
750 ml cranberry juice {I used Tropicana}
110 gm sugar
500 gm strawberries, halved

Panna Cotta

2 tbsp cold water
2 tsp unflavored powdered gelatin
1 cup low fat cream
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 vanilla bean split
2 cup plain whole milk hung yogurt

Instructions

  1. For the jelly, place 1/2 cup cranberry juice and the gelatin powder in a bowl and let stand for 5 minutes until gelatin gets dissolved.
  2. Meanwhile heat rest of the cranberry juice with sugar over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
  3. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute. Take that off from heat and mix in the gelatin and set aside for 20 minutes to cool.
  4. Divide the cut strawberries into six trifle glasses or any ramekins of your choice.
  5. Pour in the cranberry mix into the glasses leaving 3/4th of the space. Let stand them in the fridge to set for at least 3 hours.
  6. For the panna cotta, sprinkle the gelatin over water in a bowl and let stand for 5 minutes until gelatin is dissolved.
  7. Meanwhile, heat the cream with sugar and split vanilla bean in a saucepan over medium heat until the cream starts to boil.
  8. Remove from heat and whisk in the gelatin.
  9. Whisk in the yogurt and let it cool completely, taking care that it doesn’t start to set.
  10. Take out the jelly ramekins from the fridge and pour in the cooled cream over the jelly {cream should be completely cooled down and the jelly should be chilled, otherwise it may sink into the strawberry jelly}.
  11. Let them stand back into the fridge for another 2 hours. Once done, top them with some sliced strawberries and a sprig of mint.

Happy New Year !!!

Filed Under: Creams Tagged With: blogger's table, donna hay, food, Panna Cotta, strawberry jelly

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