Saturday, June 19, 2010

German Chocolate Pecans Cake



Introduction:

Well... it started when I let my sister try on our(me and Wilson) Durian cake which we just learned, we had make it 3 times because the demand of if is tooo much haha. And once she tried it, she make a immediate order for her birthday next week, she demanded a Pecans or Macadamia chocolate cake. When I research on it, i found a German recipe which called "Chocolate Pecans Cake" and no one i know have made it before, so i did have a trial and brought to all my college friends to try. Most of them love it!

This recipe is kind of sweet, for people who don't like sweet, this wasn't ideal but I kind of like it ^^ is less sweet than icing cake. And eat it while cold with coffee, is a enjoyment of life ^^

Ingredient:

110g   Chocolate Bar
115g   Boiling water
250g   Butter
350g   Sugar
570g   Cake Flour
230g   Milk
4         Egg Yolk
4         Egg White
1tsp    Vanilla
1tsp    Tartar Cream
1/2tsp Salt
1tsp    Baking soda

Method:
1. Melt the chocolate with the boiling water and leave it cool aside
2. Mix the sugar with butter at a mixer for few minutes until fluffy
3. Add Egg yolk into the mixer and blend well
4. Add melted chocolate and vanilla essense into the mixer
5. Add stiffed flour, baking soda and salt into the mixer
6. Add milk and beat it till everything blend while, only takes few minutes
                 {Separated it or leave the batter aside}
7. Beat Egg white with tartar with high speed, when done, the will have stiff peak
8. Now add at once the egg white done into the batter, mix it with spatula gently
9. Cut wax paper into the baking mould so it won't stick and pour batter into it
10. Bake at 190'C for 45min (Done if poke with tooth pick without goey)
      if still goey goes into the oven again for 5-15mins.
      Let it cool upside down with a rack
     (Don't open the oven while baking, it will make it fail in the middle)
11. When cool cut into halves for middle frosting and topping frosting later

Frosting(Topping)

Ingredient:
1cup        Evaporated milk/creamer
1cup        Sugar
3              Eggs yolk
115g        Butter
1tsp         Vanilla
1 1/3cup  Coconut flake
1 Cup      Chopped Pecans(roasted)


method:
1. Mix Evaporated milk, sugar, egg yolk, butter and vanilla with medium heat for 12min
2. Add Coconut flake and Pecans into the mix and let it cool
3. Put the frosting in between and above the cake
4. Keep it into the freezer until ready to serve ^^ 2-3 hours will be best

Ref: http://www.myhomecooking.net/german-chocolate-cake/German-Chocolate-Cake-Recipe.htm

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