Tuesday, 18 February 2014

beautiful valentines rose cakes


Just because i am single doesn't mean i cant enjoy valentines day and what better way to enjoy valentines day by doing a spot of baking. i thought of making these hearts in a biology lesson wearily  but im so happy with how they turned out. 




i used my silicone heart mold unfortunately i don't no where this was from as it was a Christmas present. i used a basic chocolate sponge recipie and a thick chocolate ganache

chocolate heart cakes

chocolate sponge
100g butter
100g caster sugar
2 eggs
75g self raising flour
25g coco powder
1 tablespoon milk

chocolate ganache
150g dark chocolate
140ml double cream


method

  1. preheat the oven at 180 degrees (160 fan)
  2. place all the ingredients for the sponge in a bowl and mix together.
  3. grease molds and spoon the mixture into the molds about half full.
  4.  place in oven for 15-20 minutes
  5. take out and leave to cool
  6. while the cakes are cooking, heat the cream till it is just about to boil. add the chocolate and stir until the chocolate is melted. 
  7. leave the ganache to cool and thicken up(this may take a while)
  8. using a piping syringe use a rose nozzle (5 point flour like nozzle) pipe small circles are around the cake until covered  







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