Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Bake-Along #25 - Bake-Along 1st Anniversary Layer Cake : Chocolate Fudge Cake



Happy 1st Anniversary to Bake Along!!
&
Happy Birthday to Mummy!! ^-* (5 days ago!)



One 6" & Two 4" cakes


Dulce De Leche Ganache!! addicting & sweet!


A 4" Chocolate Fudge Cake :) sweet & petite :)



Recipe adapted (with slight modifications) from Carnation
Ingredient (makes two 7" cake or two 4" + one 6" cake)
  • 175gm self-raising flour
  • 2½ tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 120gm caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 150ml corn oil
  • 150ml milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 125gm dark chocolate, melted
  • 397gm Dulce De Leche (caramel condensed milk)

Method
  1. Sift flour, cocoa powder & baking soda in a mixing bowl. Add in sugar and stir well to combine.
  2. Combine eggs, oil, milk, vanilla extract and 2 tbsp of DDL and stir well.
  3. Pour eggs mixture into dry ingredients and fold well to combine.
  4. Pour batter into lined cake pan and bake in preheated oven at 160 deg cel for 25-30mins or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
  5. Rest cake in pan for 10mins. Unmould and cool completely on rack.
  6. Combine melted chocolate and DDL and stir till smooth. (Microwave on high for 30 secs if mixture is too thick to spread.)
  7. Place a slice of cake on a serving plate, spread some DDL ganache over and top with another slice of cake. Cover cake with remaining ganache. Chill in fridge before serving.
* Note : After layering the cake, I make a crumb coating over the cake, chill for 10mins, then spread ganache over the cake and use a piping tip #123 and run the patterns across the top of the cake :D


I loves the texture of the cake, very moist and light, compatible with the sweet & rich ganache :)










14 comments:

  1. Happy Belated Birthday to you Peng. Chocolate cake is everyone's fav.

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  2. Happy Birthday, Peng!

    What a coincidence that this cake can be used to celebrate 2 occasions!

    Your chocolate fudge cake looks very moist and yummy! It will a winner amongst all kids.

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  3. That is a very pretty tiny birthday cake with loads of chocolate! Sinful!

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  4. The cake looks delicious! Have not tried to make Dulce De Leche before because I don't think I can finish using one whole can of it, but I think you just gave me a reason to! ;)

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  5. happy belated birthday to you Peng and also thank you once again for your entry, really appreciate your support always. I 've tried ddl and i love it, i can imagine how yummy it is with choc too!lovely cake! Happy baking!

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  6. Hi Peng, I came across your blog as this is my first time joining the Bake Along. I love the idea of using caramelised condensed milk... must try in future. I also saw a recipe recently where the caramelised condensed milk was used to make ice cream!

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  7. Hi, Your choc cake looks so delicious! The Dulce Le Leche looks so yummy, something that I have always wanted to try!
    Thank you for baking along with us! We appreciate your support! Cheers!

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  8. Belated Happy bday! Your cake looks super moist and I love the presentation.

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  9. Happy belated bday, Peng!
    Who can resist chocolate cake as moist as yours *drool*'
    Oh, ddl ganache? yum! its been so long since the last time i had ddl :)

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  10. Thanks all for the lovely notes! ^-*

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  11. Peng, by looking at the chocolate on top. I know no one can resist this cake. Well done.

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  12. happy belated birthday! and i love the sparkle in your girl's eyes :)

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  13. Hi,

    May I know if baking it in a 7" cake tin need to bake for how long?

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  14. Anony....u can try 30-35 mins if using a 7" cake pan.

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