How about something sweet ?? It has been a while since I had posted a dessert recipe. The other day, D was going through a recipe book and shortlisted 3 chocolate based recipes for me. After going through the first choice, I decided to try that as I had all the ingredients in stock…well almost all ingredients 😛 The recipe chosen was White Truffle Cake. The ingredient that put me on a spot was Quark or Fromage Frais, which means “fresh cheese”. I didn’t want to take chances with frozen paneer and so made some homemade Paneer/cottage cheese. Well, the cheese couldn’t get any fresher than that, right ??

I wanted to try something new with the decoration…something I never tried. The easiest option was to make some designs with melted chocolate. Making the designs wasn’t a difficult task but having a steady hand was. For a first- timer, I was pleased with the artwork, if I can call it so.. Lots of room for improvement..Hope to do better the next time… 🙂

White Truffle Cake

How about something sweet ?? It has been a while since I had posted a dessert recipe. The other day, D was going through a recipe book and shortlisted 3 chocolate based recipes for me. After going through the first choice, I decided to try that as I had all the ingredients in stock...well almost all

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Ingredients

  

For the Base

• 2 Eggs
• 4 tablespoons Caster sugar
• 5 - 1/2 tablespoons Plain flour
• 50 gms Chocolate Melted white

For the Truffle topping

• 300 ml Cream Double - (I used amul )
• 300 gms Chocolate Chopped white
• 250 gms Quark fromage or frais - (I used homemade paneer)

For decoration

• 2 tablespoons Chocolate Chopped

Instructions

 

• Grease 8" round spring form pan.
• Preheat oven at 180 C.
• Whisk eggs and caster sugar in a bowl until very light and foamy and the whisk leaves a trail that lasts a few seconds when lifted.
• Sift the flour and fold in with a spoon.
• Fold in the melted chocolate and ensure that the whole mixture is well incorporated.
• Pour into the pan and bake for 20-25 minutes or until springy to touch.
• Leave to cool for a while and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Return the cold cake to the tin.
• Place the cream in a saucepan and bring to boil, stirring continuously.
• Cool slightly and add the chopped chocolate and stir till the chocolate is melted and well combined.
• Stir in the Quark or fromage frais.
• If using cottage cheese, blitz it in a blender to get a smooth paste and add into the chocolate mixture.
• Pour this mixture on top of the cool cake.
• Chill in the refrigerator till it sets completely.
• For the decoration, melt the chocolate in a double boiler and tip into a piping bag.
• Drizzle onto a parchment paper to form a design of your choice and let cool to set.
• Once set, carefully slide off these designs, without breaking, using a spatula or knife.
• Decorate the Truffle cake the way you want 🙂 .

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