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Festlig Marmorkage – Festive Marble Cake

Posted in Cake, Danish, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 1, 2017| 5 Comments »

Marmorkage

Marmorkage

If you follow my blog it should be pretty obvious to you that I love Marmorkage (Marble Cake) since I have already written about this cake twice before (here and here). So why another Marmorkage on the blog? Well this time the presentation of the cake is a little more festive since I am using a bundt pan and the recipe has yogurt and cream in it which gives the cake a little extra moisture. I also increased the cocoa amount slightly from two to three tablespoons and quite frankly I think I’ll bump it up even more next time around…because I can…and because I love chocolate.

Marmorkage – Marble Cake

Ingredients:

200 g salted butter (7 oz), room temperature

250 g sugar (8.8 oz)

4 eggs

250 g all-purpose flour (8.8)

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons vanilla sugar or beans from 1 vanilla pod

200 g plain greek yogurt (7 oz)

3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa

2 tablespoons whipping cream

Directions:

Spray bundt pan with baking spray, toss a little flour around to coat the pan and then bang out excess flour, set pan aside. Preheat oven to 340 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Beat butter and sugar on high speed until soft and creamy, 5-10 minutes. Add eggs one at the time, beating well after each egg. Sift flour, baking powder and vanilla sugar together. Alternate adding flour and yogurt mixing on low speed, blend only until incorporated.

Place 1/2 of batter into a second bowl. Sift cocoa powder into this 1/2 of the batter and fold the cocoa into the batter until homogeneous. You now have a bowl with white batter and one with cocoa batter. Drop spoonfuls of alternating white and brown batter into your prepared bundt pan, smooth top out before baking. Bake cake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cake cool in pan and then invert out onto serving plate. Enjoy!

Marmorkage

Marmorkage

Source adapted from: Spisestuen.dk

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Kärleksmums aka Love Yummies – A Swedish Cake

Posted in Cake, Swedish, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 20, 2012| 11 Comments »

Karleksmum aka Love Yummie

This is a Swedish cake called Kärleksmums aka Love Yummies and I can totally see why it got the cute name. It’s also sometimes referred to as Snoddas or Mocha Squares…dear child has many names. This wonderful cake is light and fluffy with a mild, sweet cocoa flavor which goes perfectly with the coconut topping. When I first made Kärleksmums I had some doubt about the frosting. It appeared very grainy when I mixed it together but when I applied it to the warm cake it got completely smooth. The coconut I used is an unsweetened finely shredded coconut which I found in my local grocery stores Organic section. It is similar to what they always use in Europe so you can imagine my excitement when I stumbled onto it. If you decide to make this cake I know that you’ll love these little yummie pieces of cake.

Kärleksmums (15-18 servings)

Ingredients:

150 grams butter (5.3 oz. or 10 tablespoons)

2 eggs

300 ml sugar (10 ounces)

2 teaspoon vanilla sugar

1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa, sifted

450 ml flour (9 oz.)

2 teaspoon baking soda

150 ml milk (5 oz.)

Frosting:

75 grams butter (2.5 oz. or 5 tablespoons)

2 teaspoon cold coffee

1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa, sifted

2 teaspoon vanilla sugar

350 ml confectioners sugar (7 oz.)

Topping:

unsweetened shredded coconut

Directions:

Preheat oven to 175 degrees C (340 degrees F). Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with baking spray and set aside.

Melt butter and set aside to cool. Beat eggs and sugar until pale yellow and thick. Add dry ingredients alternating with the milk and butter. Pour batter into baking pan and bake in the middle of oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

To make topping: Melt butter. Add coffee, cocoa, vanilla sugar and confectioners sugar and stir together. (Mixture may appear grainy at this point but it will smooth out once applied to cake). After the cake has cooled for 5 minutes, spread to topping out over the cake and sprinkle with a generous amount of coconut. Enjoy!

Karleksmums

Source: adapted from A Cat In The Kitchen

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Devil’s Food Cupcakes With Perfect Chocolate Frosting

Posted in Chocolate, Cupcakes, Dessert, Frosting, tagged , , , , on March 12, 2012| 7 Comments »

Devil’s Food Cupcake With Perfect Chocolate Frosting

Attention all chocolate lovers…this one is for you! These cupcakes are double trouble. The cupcake is super moist with an intense chocolate flavor and the frosting is silky soft with an intoxicating chocolate aroma. Careful not to overbake the cupcakes, you don’t want to loose that perfect moisture.

Devil’s Food Cupcakes

I was taking a cake decorating class and had brought this chocolate frosting in with me for my project and we were about an hour into the class when all of the sudden the girl next to me burst out “omg that frosting smells amaaaazing” 🙂 It really does have a fantastic aroma.

Perfect Chocolate Frosting

Ingredients for Cupcakes (makes 24 cupcakes)

3/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder (65 g)

3/4 cup hot water (177 ml or 6 fl oz)

3 cups all-purpose flour (400 g)

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/4 teaspoons coarse salt

1 1/2 cups unsalted butter (340 g)

2 1/4 cups sugar (465 g)

4 large eggs, room temperature

1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 cup sour cream, room temperature (225 g or 8 oz)

Ingredients for Frosting (makes enough frosting for 12 cupcakes)

4 ounces unsweetened chocolate (120 grams), coarsely chopped

2/3 cup unsalted butter (150 grams), room temperature

1 1/3 cups confectioners sugar (160 grams), sifted

1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Directions for Cupcakes:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners.

Whisk together cocoa and hot water until smooth. In another bowel, mix togther flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Melt butter with sugar over medium-low heat until dissolved and stir to combine. Remove from heat and pour into mixing bowl. On medium-low speed beat until cooled (4-5 minutes). Add eggs one at a time, mixing until each is combined. Add vanilla and cocoa mixture, beat until combined. Scrape down sides as needed. On low speed, add flour mixture in two batches, alternating with the sour cream, beat just until combined after each.

Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full with batter. Bake, rotating muffin tins halfway through cooking time, for approximately 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Transfer muffin tins to baking racks and allow to cool for 15 minutes. Remove cupcakes from baking tins and place on baking racks, allow to cool completely.

Note: cupcakes can be store at room temperature overnight or frozen up to 2 months, in airtight containers.

Directions for Frosting:

Melt chocolate over a hot water bath. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.

In the bowl of an electrical mixer, beat butter until smooth and creamy (about 1 minute). Add confectioners sugar and beat until smooth and light (about 2 minutes). Add vanilla extract and chocolate, beat on low speed until incorporated. Increase speed to medium high and beat until frosting is smooth and glossy (2-3 minutes).

Pipe or spread frosting onto cupcakes. Enjoy!

Source: Cupcakes – Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes, Frosting – Joy of Baking

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Milky Way Midnight Brownies

Posted in Cake, Chocolate, tagged , , , , , on July 18, 2011| 10 Comments »

I’ve been having a brownie craving lately, a seriously deep chocolate craving. It had to be satisfied! I started looking at different brownie recipes and I saw one that had Milky Way Midnight candy bars in it. What a brilliant idea. Off I went to hunt for Midnight candy bars but the only ones I could find was the mini bars in the multi packs which has a mixture of other mini chocolate bars in it. There was only a couple of the Midnight bars in each bag so I had to buy two whole bags to have enough. Of course, I could have just used the regular Milky Ways but my heart was really set on having the rich, deep dark Midnight kind 🙂 And so I bought two whole bags of candy, just so I could have my craving satisfied. But that’s ok, because Halloween will be here soon and I can give the candy to the kids….yeah right, like that’s gonna last alllll the waaaay to Halloween 😉

Since then, I have made these brownies twice and my craving has simmered down for the moment. The candy bars almost melt into the brownie itself but every now and then you find a small piece of the white stuff. The brownies are very rich, fudgy, dense and has a deep chocolate flavor…completely immoral!

Ingredients:

5 oz (140 g) semisweet chocolate, chopped

2 oz (56 g) unsweetened chocolate, chopped

8 tbsp (113 g) unsalted butter

3 tablespoons cocoa powder

3 large eggs

1 1/4 cup (260 g) sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup (145 g) flour

1 1/2 oz (42 g) (5 mini bars) Milky Way Midnight candy bars

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8 inch square pan with foil, letting the foil extend over the edges for easy removal of brownie once baked. Spray foil with cooking spray and set aside.

Cut Milky Way bars into 1/2 inch pieces and let cool in the refrigerator.

Melt the chopped chocolate and butter in a bowl set over barely simmering water (a water-bath), stir until smooth. Add cocoa powder and stir until well incorporated. Set aside to cool.

In a medium bowl, combine eggs, sugar, vanilla extract and salt, whisk for 20 seconds. Stir in melted chocolate. Add flour to wet ingredients and fold in just until combined. Add the Milky Way candy pieces, careful not to over-mix. Pour mixture into pan and bake 35-40 minutes. Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick into center of cake, toothpick should have just a few crumbs attached to it. Move pan to a wire rack and allow to cool completely. Cut into small pieces and serve. Enjoy!

Source: inspired by The Good Cookie book

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