Having taken a break from any cooking for the past few months, I didn’t hesitate to volunteer to take over the role of making lunch on Saturday, when my mum started complaining how difficult it was to cater to our tastes everyday. With all these saved links of delicious food ideas/inspirations I’d compiled during the exam weeks, you would have thought that it’d be a breeze, right?
We ended up eating instant noodles for lunch.
And I wasn’t even the one who made them!
Perhaps it’s the lack of being in the kitchen or lack of exposure to delicious desserts for too long, but either the way, when the holidays begin, I spend hours on end flicking through cookbooks without the urge to rush to the kitchen and grab ingredients to make my own version. It’s kinda sad….but don’t worry, in a couple of week’s time, it’ll be impossible to get me out of the kitchen!
Chocolate Bavarian Cake Recipe
Recipe From BHG New Cookbook
3 eggs
2/3 cup butter
1.5 cup all purpose flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
110g dark chocolate, chopped
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 buttermilk
- Separate eggs. Allow egg yolks, egg whites and butter to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a small saucepan combine chocolate and 1/3 cup water. Cook and stir over low heat until chocolate is melted. Cool.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Gradually add sugar, beating until well combined. Scrape sides of the bowl and continue beating for 2 minutes (until light and fluffy). Beat in egg yolks one at a time, lightly until just incorporated, followed by the cooled chocolate mixture and vanilla.
- Alternately add the flour mixture and buttermilk to the butter mixture, beat on low speed after each addition until just incorporated.
- Thoroughly wash beaters In a large mixing bowl, beat egg whites with an electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Gently fold egg whites into the batter. Spread the batter into two 22cm pans.
- Bake in a 180degC preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted near the centre comes out clean. Cool cake layers on wire rays for 10 minutes. Remove cake layers from pans; cool thoroughly on racks
Recipe from Perfect Recipe
200g dark chocolate, chopped
375ml milk
4 egg yolks
90g sugar
1 tbsp unflavored gelatin
315ml whipping or heavy cream
- Heat the milk with the chocolate, stir until the chocolate has melted. Do not boil. Leave to cool a little then remove the pod.
- Whisk the egg yolks and caster sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the milk mixture into the egg and whisk to combine. Pour back into the pan and stir with a wooden spoon over low heat until the mixture coats the back of the spoon. Do not boil. Set aside
- Dissolve gelatin in 2 tbsp of hot water and stir in the chocolate mixture. Refrigerate until cold, stir occasionally.
- Whip the cream until it stands in soft peaks and. When the mixture is cold, fold the cream into the chocolate mixture.Use immediately to cover cake.
Assembly
- Place a cake layer on a cake plate. Spread with some of the bavarian cream.
- Top with the remaining cake layer. Cover the tops and sides with the remainder of the bavarian cream.
- [optional] Cover the cake with a chocolate lattice.
15 Comments
love the chocolate lattice π is it just melted chocolate? how did you do it?
December 11, 2012 at 1:49 AMdelicious cake looks wonderful
December 11, 2012 at 1:49 AMHi Vivian! thanks π Yeah, it's just melted chocolate! I piped melted chocolate onto greaseproof paper and then wrapped it around the cake and pulled the paper off when the chocolate hardened. There's two layers of lattice on this cake though! I tried it again on another cake though but for some reason I couldn't pull it off the paper that time, so I didn't write about it in the post π
December 11, 2012 at 2:05 AMHi Von, your chocolate cake look so good and gorgeous decoration. Love the lattice, beautiful!
Have a nice day, regards.
December 11, 2012 at 8:03 AMHi Von,
December 11, 2012 at 11:39 AMThanks for visiting my blog.
Can I ask you something? Did you buy this cake from bakery? hehe…Seriously, it looks yummy and delicious!
Oh my…..your cake actually looks very pretty and creative! Love it! I don't think I have so much patience like you π I'll surely enjoy eating up the whole cake π Wishing u all the best in your exam!
December 11, 2012 at 12:41 PMThis cake is a beauty! Did you make chocolate lattice yourself? Did you use a chocolate bar? How much of it for a cake this size?
December 12, 2012 at 9:43 PMchocolate overload? nah. love that fluffy filling!
December 12, 2012 at 10:21 PMHi Von,
It has really been more than a few months since I have heard from you. I reckon you must be busy with your studies.
Your chocolate Bavarian cake look wonderful. I think you should be a professional pastry chef… there is lots of potential in you π
Zoe
December 13, 2012 at 4:24 AMThis is one gorgeous cake! Way to make a comeback.
December 13, 2012 at 12:00 PMLack of inspiration and you made such a beautiful cake? I wonder about the masterpiece when you are full of inspiration π
December 13, 2012 at 11:24 PMHi Julia! I made the chocolate lattice myself but I don't know how much of it I actually used for this cake as I eye-balled it. With this kind of pattern, it doesn't really matter how much chocolate you use as you can just make a couple more/less loops or lines depending on how much chocolate you have!
December 20, 2012 at 5:00 AMIt's not dull at all! It looks fab π
January 4, 2013 at 2:30 AMShe doesn't mention what rising agent to use and how much. I used baking soda 3/4 teaspoon and it turned out super delish. Best chocolate cake ever. 100 % recommended. For the Bavarian cream I used half semisweet and half bittersweet dark chocolate. Just my taste.
June 2, 2013 at 12:22 PMWhat a terrific and super tempting recipe.
November 12, 2014 at 7:43 AM