Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Chocolate Torte Cake !!!






Trust me, this is the best ever cake I have ever made!!! The occasion is my best friend's birthday and to be very honest was not in the mood to make a cake. But suddenly in the evening, I decided to go for it. I have been making brownies for a long time and had left making cakes, so it had to be a self-made recipe. I looked for a good recipe online but to no avail. So I had to make a 1 egg cake as I did not want to take risks.

Here goes the recipe

1 cold egg
1/6 cup margarine
45-50 gms chocolate
1/6 cup powdered sugar
1/3 tsp vanilla essence
1 flat tsp baking powder
3 1.2 heaped teaspoons of maida

The procedure is as follows

1. Separate the egg yolk and white and leave them to come to room temperature.
2. Beat the egg yolk with the sugar for around 3-5 minutes on medium speed till it thickens and becomes around 2-3 times of the original amount.
3. Beat the egg white separately till it thickens and becomes white in colour.
4. Melt the chocolate in double boiler or microwave.
5. Add the vanilla and molten chocolate in the egg yolk mixture.
6. Sieve the maida with the baking powder and add to the egg yolk mixture.
7. Mix the egg white to this mixture. Beat a little.
8. Grease the baking dish. Bake for 160' C for 20 minutes and 180' C for 10 minutes in a convection oven.

For the frosting
1. Take Amul or any other fresh cream around 3 teaspoons. Beat it well for around 7-8 minutes with 2 tsp of powdered sugar.
2. Melt around 40 gms of chocolate. Let it cool but not till it hardens. Add to the cream.
3. Add around 2 tsp of cocoa powder.
4. Beat a little. Add extra sugar/cocoa if needed.

Let the cake cool down. Remove it on a plate. And the apply the frosting.


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