Chocolate Sin On A Plate Cake Recipes

CHOCOLATE SIN ON A PLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10 inch bundt pan and dust with cocoa. Mix all ingredients, except chocolate chips, and beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Mix in chocolate chips. Pour into pan. Bake 50 to 55 minutes until cake tests done. Cool on rack 10 minutes.
• Glaze: Mix all ingredients and drizzle on warm cake.

MIDNIGHT SIN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350°F Place a rack in the lower third of the oven and set a baking stone on it. (The stone helps the cake bake evenly and prevents humped tops. If you don't have a stone, the cake will survive don't worry. Just be prepared to trim any uneven tops and make sure the cake gets an adequate amount of time in the oven to fully cook.).
• You'll need two 9" or two 8"cake pans for this cake.
• Spray the pans with non-stick spray oil and then line them with parchment (sides and bottom--this is a sticky cake) then spray the parchment with even more non-stick spray.
• In a medium sauce pan, combine the sugar, dutch processed cocoa, salt and baking soda.
• Stir with a whisk until combined and then slowly add the boiling water while whisking.
• This will bubble up a bit while the baking soda reacts with any remaining acidity in the dutch processed cocoa.
• Once throughly mixed, place the sauce pan over medium-high heat and bring back to a boil.
• Then remove from heat and allow to stand for a minimum of 10 minutes.
• This step makes the dutch processed cocoa even more alkaline, so our cake will be nearly black.
• Measure out the flour, buttermilk (no weird substitutions, folks. We need the acidity), and separate the eggs.
• Add the oil and vanilla to the bowl of your stand mixer with the paddle attachment (this can also be done by hand with a wooden spoon).
• When the chocolate mixture is ready, stir in the instant espresso powder. (This won't make the cake taste like coffee, rather it enhances the chocolate flavor of the cake. Dutch processed cocoa has great color but it isn't quite as flavorful as it's light-colored acidic cousin, natural cocoa.)
• Add the chocolate mixture to your stand mixer and mix on low speed for about 20 seconds.
• Add the flour and continue to mix on low until combined.
• With a minimum amount of beating, add the egg yolks, eggs, vanilla and butter milk. The batter will be very thin.
• Divide the batter between your two pans and place in the oven on your baking stone.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes (for 9" rounds. Add 5-7 more minutes for 8" rounds) until the center of the cake springs back when you touch it.
• Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack.
• Run a thin knife around the edge of the cake to loosen and invert onto a flat dish lined with parchment.
• Allow to cool completely then wrap the rounds individually in plastic and place in the refrigerator to chill before assembling.
• Mousse:.
• In a heat safe bowl, beat the eggs and sugar together until the mixture is uniform and light in color.
• Place over a double boiler and whisk until slightly thickened.
• A ribbon of the egg sugar mixture should flow back into the bowl when the whisk is lifted and the sugar should just be beginning to dissolve.
• Add the Frangelico (or water) and then continue to whisk over the simmering water until the mixture hits roughly 160°F and coats the back of a spoon.
• Remove from heat and add the finely chopped chocolate.
• Stir until your arm cramps or the mixture becomes cool to the touch, whichever comes first (roughly 10 minutes).
• Set the chocolate aside and beat the heavy cream to soft peaks. Fold the cream into the chocolate, then cover and chill for 4 hours.
• Assemble your cake by placing one round onto your serving platter.
• Reserving 3/4 cup for garnish (keep chilled), spread the mousse to form an even layer on top of the cake.
• Top with the second cake round, touching up the sides with an offset spatula if necessary.
• Place the cake in the refrigerator to keep cool and prepare the ganache.
• Ganache:.
• Measure out the chocolate into a bowl.
• Bring the butter and heavy cream to a low boil over medium-high heat and pour over the chocolate.
• Give the chocolate a shake to submerge and allow to stand for 5 minutes without stirring.
• When the time has passed, then you may gently stir the ganache until smooth.
• Pour the ganache onto the cake, smoothing over the top with an offset spatula.
• Return the cake to the fridge and allow the ganache to cool.
• When cool, you can put the finishing touches on the cake.
• Take the reserved chocolate mouse and fill a piping bag, fitted with a large star tip.
• Drop 6-8 splotches of mousse around the perimeter of the cake and top with chocolate covered coffee beans or malted milk balls.
• Keep the cake chilled until ready to serve.
• Then allow to stand for 10 minutes before cutting and serving.
• Store the cake in the refrigerator, covered to keep it from absorbing odors, for up to 5 days.

CHOCOLATE SIN

Steps:

• Place oven rack in lower third of oven, heat oven to 375 degrees F (190C).
• Butter and flour bottom and sides of an 8 inch (20cm) springform pan, put aside.
• Melt chocolate with 1/2 cup (125ml) butter.
• Keep chocolate warm over a pan of warm, tap water.
• Beat egg yolks in large mixer bowl at high speed, gradually adding 3/4 cup (180ml) of the sugar.
• Beat until yolk mixture is pale yellow and thick, 4 to 6 minutes.
• Add chocolate mixture to the yolk mixture, beat until completely smooth.
• Add creme de cacao and vanilla, beat until blended.
• Beat egg whites in medium mixer bowl at high speed until soft peaks form.
• Gradually beat remaining 1/4 cup (60ml) sugar into whites, continue beating until stiff but not dry peaks form.
• Fold whites gently but thouroughly into chocolate mixture.
• Pour batter evenly into reserved pan, smooth top.
• Bake 15 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (180C),bake another 15 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees F (120c), bake 30 minutes longer.
• Total baking time is 1 hour.
• Turn oven off, prop open oven door and allow cake to remain in oven for 30 minutes.
• Remove cake from oven and cover top with damp paper toweling, let stand 5 minutes.
• Remove toweling and cool cake completely.
• Dome of cake will crack and collapse, this is normal - press top of cake down lightly to smooth topRemove springform and transfer cake to serving platter.
• Whip cream in chilled mixer bowl on high speed until soft peaks form.
• Continue beating, gradually adding 1 1/2 tablespoons (22ml) of the powdered sugar until stiff peaks form.
• Dust top of cake with remaining powdered sugar just before serving.
• Serve cake at room temperature with whipped cream.
• "This flourless cake rises light and lovely in the oven, then comes back down to earth as it cools to create a moist unique chocolate cake, moist textured and intensely flavoured."

THE SILVER PALATE'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• Cut the chocolate and butter into small pieces and place in a large bowl. Pour 1 cup boiling water over them; let stand until melted. Stir in the vanilla and sugar, then whisk in the egg yolks, one at a time.
• In a small bowl, mix the baking soda and sour cream and whisk into the chocolate mixture. Sift the flour and baking powder and add to the batter, mixing thoroughly.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff but not too dry. Stir a quarter of the egg whites thoroughly into the batter. Gently fold in the remaining whites.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Set on the center rack of the oven and bake until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, unmold and cool completely before frosting.
• To make the frosting: Place all the ingredients in a heavy saucepan over low heat and whisk until smooth. Spread on the cake while the frosting is still warm.