Sonata: Memo to self .... Find recipe for photogenic chocolate cake asap , present recipe ( below ) providing delicious but weirdly squidgy slices .
Not that Husband's complaining . But then his appetite for sweet things is legendary . We all sat fascinated one evening as he consumed an entire family-size container of chocolate chip ice cream , while telling stories about playing jazz in a youth festival in Moscow in the '50s .
__Chocolate Cake Recipe , origin unknown __
100 grams butter
80 grams sugar
100 grams plain flour
30 grams cornflour
1 tsp baking powder
100 gram bar of plain chocolate
2 eggs , separated .
Cream butter and sugar . Add egg yolks and flours alternately ( having already seived flours and baking powder together ) Add grated chocolate . Finally fold in stiffly beaten egg whites . Put in greased and floured loaf tin . Bake in hottest oven for 12 minutes . Rest before taking out of tin .
Or I'll have to revert to plan B . A large muffin decorated with a Union Jack ( I've already made some just in case ... and yes , Husband's eaten some of these , too . He'll only turn down a muffin if you tell him it's a muffin .... if you call it a cake , he'll eat two ) .)
4 comments:
I think I may have taken a different angle with my idea...chocolate cake may have been a better, and wiser, option. But I have been having fun! Looking forward to seeing yours. I think it's only a muffin if you use oil/melted butter and the all-in-one method. And that of course in the American muffin as opposed to our funny flat thing... they all taste good!!
I do like these simple, short recipes: you can tell they are tried and trusted when all the unnecessary fussing has been cut out.
That seems to be the sort of cake that even a non-baking idiot like me could produce. I'll have to have a go.
One should always rest before doing anything strenuous. Like spelling strenuous.
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