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Monday 22 December 2014

Chocolate Cake Covered with Fondant

Ingredients for Cake

Eggs 4
Sugar 4 ounce 
Flour 3 ounce 
Salt 1 pinch
Coco 1 ounce
Baking powder 1/2 tsp
Melted dark or milk chocolate 2ounce
Milk 4tbsp
For frosting 1cup ganache* (u can use Butter cream or ganache i prefer ganache the icing on your cake (under the fondant) should be as smooth and hard as possible. For this reason, many people really like working with ganache under fondant. You can get it as smooth as glass and it sets up as hard as a rock. thats the reason I like ganache)

Method for Cake

Sift flour,baking powder,salt & coco powder together. In large bowl, beat eggs until soft peaks form,(doubles in volume it takes about 12 to 15 mins if using electric hand mixer). Start adding sugar while beating , lasltly fold in all the remaining ingredients very gently with wooden spoon or rubber spatula. pour into greased 8 inch round pan (lined with butter paper and grease it as well),Run spatula through batter to eliminate any large air bubbles; smooth top. Bake in centre of 350°F (180°C) oven for about 12 to 15 mins or until cake springs back when lightly touched, let it cool on wire rack, cut cake into 2 parts,(moist with 1/4 cup of milk)...then spread half of the frosting Cover it with Second part of cake and spread the remaing ganache.at this stage leave it for few hours. then roll out fondant* cover ur cake. its done

For ganache here is the perfect and very easy recipe of Chocolate Ganache

Cream 1 cup(12 grams/4 oz) 2 cups(250 grams/8 oz) Chocolate any (sweet bitter,dark,milk chocolate or even u can make white ganache with white chocolate same recipe) https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=651283944982913

Fondant*
Recipe for Marshmallow fondant

  http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Rolled-Marshmallow-Fondant

For detailed intsructions to cover your cake with fondant http://www.wilton.com/decorating/fondant/rolled-fondant.cfm
Chocolate Cake Covered with Fondant

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