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Monday, April 28, 2008

Chocolate Fudge Cake with Ganache Icing


I was craving for something chocolatey this weekend. So I'm came across 1 recipe from the text book for Le Cordon Bleu which I found very easy to do and the result was satisfying.

Fudge Cake


160 gr Unsweetened chocolate
160 gr butter
200 gr eggs
200 gr sugar
40 gr bread flour

1. Melt chocolate and butter, set aside
2. Beat egg and sugar in high speed until light and fluffy
3. Add in melted chocolate and fold in 1 directin with spatula
4. Add in flour, fold until well mix
5. Baked in 175C for 20-30 minutes
6. Set it to cool on the cooling rack for icing


Ganache icing

100 gr heavy cream
20 gr sugar
20 gr glucose
100 gr dark chocolate

1. Heat the cream, sugar and glucose to the point of boiling and take it off from the stove
2. Stir in chocolate until all melt and well blended

To set: pour the ganache over the cake and smooth it over with pallate knife


** Tips: store the left over ganache for chocolate muffin

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