I helped my daughter try out a chocolate torta recipe yesterday. It is an Italian dish obviously.( I think we've been bitten by the Italian bug since our jaunt to the country earlier this year ! )
It was the first time we were making it. But it was fairly simple & straightforward & came out rather well .
A nice deep chocolaty flavour & a slightly crispy outer crust with a lovely moist velvety texture inside............
Wonderful !!!
& of course my daughter was determined to make the spun sugar nest for the topping. We had both done it before. But that was quite some time ago. Yesterday, we messed up up the first time & had to do it all over again.
But, if you ask me, it was well worth the effort..........
Just for the " WOW " effect !!!!
Ingredients
250 dark chocolate
125 gms unsalted butter
3 eggs
50 gms sugar
1/2 tbsp dark cocoa powder
Method
1 . Grease a 10 inch baking tin & line it with butter paper
2 . Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
3 . Break the chocolate into pieces & melt with butter in a double boiler.
4 . Separate the eggs. In a bowl beat the egg yolks & the sugar together. Add the chocolate butter mixture & cocoa powder & mix well.
5 . Beat the egg whites until stiff & fold into the chocolate mix.
6 . Pour the mix into the cake tin & bake for 10 minutes. Lower the temperature to 160 degrees & bake for another 25 minutes.
7 . Cool & unmould.
Decorating the cake
Option 1.
Sift some icing sugar over it for a simple yet stunning effect.
Option 2.
Heat 50 gms of sugar with 25 ml water together until the sugar dissolves. Let it bubble until it starts turning golden at the edges. Take it off the heat & plunge the base of the dish into some ice water kept ready nearby( this is to stop the sugar cooking any further & hardening immediately )... just a minute. Dip a spoon into it & start pulling threads around your hands in a swift motion. ( Its not that difficult ). Place them on a greased foil for a few minutes until cool & then use as decoration.
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