Editing to add teh picture of the final cake. I was quite happy with all the choices I made. The cake was totally yum and all in the family loved it, especially the birthday boy :-)
When i read the description on this cake for some reason, I was convinced I had to make it for Rajesh's birthday. He loves chocolate as well and this seems to be a rather special and indulgent cake, so i decided on this flavour.
The decoration - I am caught between choosing a superman theme (figure or just the pattern on his costume) or a globe figure on top. I am deciding right now as i write that I will go with the superman theme.
Below - compiled pictures and recipe for the cake:
Brownie cake base - eggless derived from Divine Taste. I am halving the recipe as i intend to make it in a 7" round pan.
What to buy
Butter
Cashews
Spices- black elaichi, cloves, cinnamon
Boondi
Thick curd
Besan Flour
Buy cadbury shots as backup decoration
Make the ganache as soon as you get home and put it in the fridge
Put the ganache in fridge
Cling wrap the cakes and put them in the freezer
After the kids are asleep
Make the superman figurine and logo to place on the cake, use available colours, just gain the experience
Soak the rajma
Make the coconut-cashew filling
Remove the cakes from freezer, soak with sugar syrup
Make a dam of ganache
Fill in the centers
Top with the top layer
Do a crumb coat and put in the fridge to set for a whole half an hour
Watch a video to see the best way to ganache a cake
While watching the video cut veggies for tomorrow
Finish the top layer of ganache
Allow to set for 15 minutes in fridge
Do the shell border on top and bottom
If there is remaining filling, put it on top of the cake
put in a box and put it in the fridge
When i read the description on this cake for some reason, I was convinced I had to make it for Rajesh's birthday. He loves chocolate as well and this seems to be a rather special and indulgent cake, so i decided on this flavour.
The decoration - I am caught between choosing a superman theme (figure or just the pattern on his costume) or a globe figure on top. I am deciding right now as i write that I will go with the superman theme.
Below - compiled pictures and recipe for the cake:
Brownie cake base - eggless derived from Divine Taste. I am halving the recipe as i intend to make it in a 7" round pan.
140 gm flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
120 gm (1 1/4 cup) dark chocolate*
95 ml (1/4 + 1/8 cup) water
75 gm butter at room temperature
20 gm castor sugar
200g (1/2 tin) condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Method:
Grease and flour 2 7" round tin
In a bowl mix all the dry ingredients, the flour, baking powder and baking soda and sieve once to make it uniform.
In a small sauce pan, put in the dark chocolate broken into pieces and the water and heat until the chocolate melts. Stir well to get a smooth sauce and keep aside to cool.
Set your oven to heat at 180 C/350 F.
In a large bowl put in the butter and the sugar and beat well with a wire whisk or a hand blender or stand mixer until smooth and creamy, about 2 to 3 minutes.
Put in the condensed milk and the vanilla extract and beat again for 3 to 4 minutes.
Stir in the melted chocolate and mix well.
Mix in the flour and beat again for two or three minutes until all the flour is mixed into the liquid.
Pour the batter into the tin, tap the tin once or twice to make the batter uniform and bake for about 25 minutes.
Filling is a roux frosting taken from Rumana Jaseel's blog as used in her red velvet tower cake.
Coconut and Cashew Filling-
Ingredients:
Milk-130ml
Flour-10gm
Butter-130gm
Castor sugar/icing sugar-115gm
Vanilla bean-1
Coconut-40gm
Cashew (chopped)-50gm
Method:
1. Mix milk and flour in a heavy bottom sauce pan and cook stirring continuously until thick.Set aside to cool in fridge.
2. Cream butter and sugar together with the scrapings of vanilla bean till light and fluffy.
3. Add the flour mixture and beat further for a while.
4. Fold in freshly grated coconut and chopped cashewnuts.
Chocolate ganache frosting - 2:1 chocolate to cream ratio would work better here.
Chocolate - 250 g
Cream - 125 ml
Butter - 2 tablespoons
Heat cream and butter until bubbles form on the cream. Pour the cream over the chopped chocolate and mix well until you get smooth ganache. Allow to set in the fridge for a few hours.
Take it out, whip it to restore volume and spread on sides of cake and on top. Make sure there's enough to pipe a decorative rosette or shell border.
inspiration pictures for the cand the decoration
http://meaningfulmama.com/2014/02/superhero-cake-tutorial.html
Editing to add the plan
Butter
Cashews
Spices- black elaichi, cloves, cinnamon
Boondi
Thick curd
Besan Flour
Buy cadbury shots as backup decoration
Make the ganache as soon as you get home and put it in the fridge
Put the ganache in fridge
Cling wrap the cakes and put them in the freezer
After the kids are asleep
Make the superman figurine and logo to place on the cake, use available colours, just gain the experience
Soak the rajma
Make the coconut-cashew filling
Remove the cakes from freezer, soak with sugar syrup
Make a dam of ganache
Fill in the centers
Top with the top layer
Do a crumb coat and put in the fridge to set for a whole half an hour
Watch a video to see the best way to ganache a cake
While watching the video cut veggies for tomorrow
Finish the top layer of ganache
Allow to set for 15 minutes in fridge
Do the shell border on top and bottom
If there is remaining filling, put it on top of the cake
put in a box and put it in the fridge
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