Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Chocolate Fondants

One of my favorite desserts, "Chocolate Fondants". Easy to make and taste soooo yummy!


Ingredients:

  • 200g dark eating chocolate
  • 100g unsalted butter
  • 1 tablespoon cocoa butter
  • 1 tablespoon self-raising flour
  • 80g caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
Steps:
  1. Grease 6 hole friand pan with a little melted butter
  2. Stir chocolate & butter in small heatproof bowl over small saucepan of simmering water until smooth
  3. Sift cocoa, flour & sugar into a medium bowl; whisk in eggs & chocolate mixture
  4. Divide mixture into a pan & cover it with aluminium foil; then freeze 3 hours/overnight.
  5. Preheat oven 200 degree Celsius fan forced
  6. Bake frozen fondants 7 mins; turn pan, bake for another 7 mins
  7. Stand fondants for 3 mins; loosen edges gently. Serve immediately with cream or ice cream. Enjoy!



Sunday, July 3, 2011

Dark Chocolate chips & Coconut Macaroons

Would love to share one of my favorite recipe. It's so easy & quick too.


Ingredients:

  •  2 egg whites
  • 1/2 cup caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon  vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup plain (all-purpose) flour
  • 110g desiccated coconut
  • 80g dark chocolate chips
The steps:
  1. Preheat oven to 150 degree Celsius. Grease oven trays with baking paper.
  2. Beat egg whites in a mixing bowl with electric mixer until soft peak form. Gradually add sugar, beating until dissolved. Stir in extract, sifted flour, coconut and dark chocolate chips together.
  3. Tips: Using wet hands, roll rounded of mixture into small balls.
  4. Place it about 5cm apart onto trays.
  5. Bake macaroons about 25 mins; cool on trays.
Enjoy! =)