Chocolate Chip Mousse Bites

Ohh.. this is one of the best ways I use my leftover whipped cream and chocolate ganache( Sometimes, you just whip a little extra, and make some extra ganache too) or there are times when I need to purposely make these..as my son is just too fond of them.. they simply get vanished in a matter of few minutes.. I am sure you all will enjoy making and eating them as much as I do..and its really simple and easy to make..

Ingredients:
200ml whipping cream
200 ml chocolate ganache
1 table spoon gelatin
2 tea spoons cold water
2 tea spoons hot water
a few chocolate chips, both dark and white
Cookie cutters

Chocolate Or Nothing- A simple pure chocolaty delight

Chocolate Truffle Cake-Ice Cream Cone Upside Down Design

This cake is a real fun to make, though the pictures posted here are not of the most perfect one that I made, because this was made in a little rush when my little one just wanted to have it then...Nevertheless do try it out, with or without the cone, its equally interesting..

Cake Pops

Ingredients :
6 vanilla cupcakes( I used left over cupcakes, which feel a little dry after a couple of days, or you may refer to vanilla cupcakes recipe in older posts)
3 table spoons of strawberry crush
200 gms milk chocolate
100 gms desiccated coconut( grated)

Directions :
Crush the vanilla cupcakes with hands, and then put them in a mixer to get a fine blend. Add the strawberry crush and knead a little with your hands. Make a roll and keep aside for sometime or put in the fridge for 10 minutes to let it firm up a bit.
Melt the chocolate either in a double boiler or microwave for a minute.
Make small round balls of the cake mix, and again refrigerate them for 5 minutes.
Insert a toothpick in these cake pops and dip them in the melted chocolate, then roll these pops in grated coconut and let them set in the refrigerator, and voila..you await yourself a yummy sweet surprise..!!

Devil's Chocolate Truffle Cake

A simply delicious and finger looking good cake especially for chocolate lovers, its filled with caramel crunch and topped with chocolate ganache and white chocolate dribble. You just cannot ignore it..!!


Ingredients:


10 heaped spoons flour

1/2 cup oil

1 cup castor sugar

3 eggs

1 spoon baking powder

a pinch of baking soda

3 table spoons milk

3 table spoons cocoa powder


1 spoon vanilla essence


Directions:

·      Sieve together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda.

·      In another bowl, add sugar and eggs and beat them till pale in colour and fluffy.

·      Add oil to this mixture followed by vanilla essence, beat a little more.

·      Now gently fold in the flour and cocoa cake mix in this batter.

·      Line a 10 inch cake tin with baking sheet and pour the mixture into it, spread it out evenly using a spatula and then tap it against the stand to release any air bubbles.

·      Bake for 30-35 minutes at 170 degrees C or till the toothpick inserted comes out clean.

·      After the cake is done, let it cool for sometime, then remove and let it completely cool on a wire rack.

Ingredients for filling:


Sugar 75 gms


Directions:

·      Add sugar in a pan, and on a medium heat melt to caramelize it.

·      Remove it from heat when the sugar is all melted and you see a dark brown colour, but more not to burn the sugar.


·      Take a piece of foil paper or parchment sheet, grease it and pour the caramelized sugar over it.

·      Let it cool to harden.

·      Once the sugar is hardened, remove it from the foil paper, fold it in a newspaper and press it hard with a rolling pin to crush it in small pieces. It should be coarsely grinder with small chunks of caramel( not too fine and not too big either)


Ingredients for icing:

200ml fresh cream


200 gms dark chocolate

50 gms white chocolate


3 table spoons strawberry crush

Some raisins

Directions:

•  Using a double boiler or microwave, melt the dark chocolate. 

•  In a pan, take 200 ml fresh cream and bring it to a boil. 

•  Add this cream in the melted chocolate and keep folding till it becomes a thick dropping consistency mixture. 

•  Let it cool a bit.

Arranging:

·      Transfer the cooled cake to a turntable and cut in two equal parts from the centre.

·      Moist the cake with sprinkling some water on it. 

·      Now spread the strawberries crush on the bottom half of the cake, then generously spread dark chocolate ganache on it and sprinkle raisins and the crushed caramelized sugar all over it. 

·      Keep the top layer on cake and moist it once again with water, now cover the layer generously with chocolate ganache covering the sides as well. 

·      Melt the white chocolate and dribble all over the cake...feel free to garnish with some chocolate sprinklers..

Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream Icing

Ingredients for the Cup Cakes:

    1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour 

    1/4 teaspoon baking soda 

    2 teaspoons baking powder 

    3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 

    1/8 teaspoon salt 

    3 tablespoons butter, softened 

    1 1/2 cups white sugar 

    
2 eggs 

    
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

    
1 cup milk 

Directions
Preheat oven to 175 degrees C. Line a muffin pan with paper or foil liners.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt.
Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until its light and fluffy. Add the eggs, beating it will and then stir in the vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with milk and beat well. Fill the muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake for 15-17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

Ingredients for Buttercream Icing

1/2 cup unsalted softened butter

4 cups icing sugar

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1 1/2 spoon vanilla essence

4-5 spoons milk

Directions

In a large bowl, beat butter until creamy, add icing sugar, cocoa powder and vanilla essence. Add milk slowly and keep beating until desired consistency is achieved.

Add this icing in piping bag and decorate your cupcakes as desired.

Chocolate Truffles

Ingredients
 250 gms dark chocolate
 1/2 cup cream

Direction
Break the chocolate into small pieces and melt it on a double boiler and let it cool a little. In a separate pan, add the cream and bring it to a boil.
Add the cream to melted chocolate and fold nicely, till it is completely absorbed in the chocolate.
Let it cool and then refrigerate it for an hour or two, till the mixture is firm enough.
Take small scoop of the mixture in hand and roll it into small balls. After you place the balls on a tray, let them refrigerate again for about half an hour.
Take out the cooled balls from fridge and roll these balls in your choice of topping, you may use chocolate sprinklers, coloured balls, cocoa powder etc.

Chocolate Cup Cakes with Whipped Cream Frosting

Ingredients for the Cup Cakes:

    1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

    1/4 teaspoon baking soda

    2 teaspoons baking powder

    3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

    1/8 teaspoon salt

    3 tablespoons butter, softened

    1 1/2 cups white sugar

    
2 eggs

    
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

    
1 cup milk

Directions
Preheat oven to 175 degrees C. Line a muffin pan with paper or foil liners.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt.
Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until its light and fluffy. Add the eggs, beating it will and then stir in the vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with milk and beat well. Fill the muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake for 15-17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
  
Ingredients for the Frosting
125 Ml Whipping Cream
100 Gms Icing Sugar


Directions
Take the whipping cream in a bowl and using an electric mixer, whip till soft peaks are formed. Add icing sugar and whip agan till firm peaks are formed. Fill in the piping bag with the nozzle of your choice and frost the cupcakes.


Some Chocolate Sprinklers for Decoration