Checker board chocolate buttercream cake / Tort sah cu crema de unt

Making a checkerboard round or square cake might seem a bit of handful when you do not have a checkerboard cake pan or print. Well…it is not exactly like that. In fact it is a bit of a walk in the park.


First the recipe:

Cocoa soft cake:

5 eggs
5 Tbs sugar
5 Tbs flour(regular)
5 Tbs vegetable oil
3 Tbs cocoa
1 unit of baking powder (2 tsp)

Beat the egg whites until stiff, add the sugar and keep on beating till stiffer.
Add the egg yolks and the oil, mixing carefully.
Add the flour mixed with cocoa and baking powder, spoon by spoon.

Preheat the oven to medium.
Grease a 25 cm cake pan or tray, powder with flour or line with baking paper.
Put the batter in the pan and bake for 25-30 min or until the toothpick comes out clean

Vanilla soft cake:

5 eggs
5 Tbs sugar
7 Tbs flour(regular)
5 Tbs vegetable oil
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 unit of baking powder (2 tsp)

Repeat the same method as for the cocoa cake.

Cool the cakes and slice them each on 2 levels.

Place the slices on top of each other and cut 3 round circles inserting a sharp knife so it will reach from top to bottom.
Do this for one cake and then for the other.

Mix the cut circles alternating colors. You will get 4 layers of black and white circles.

Chocolate Buttercream:
2 eggs
250 gr sugar
300 gr butter softened
100 gr bittersweet chocolate
2 Tsp dark cocoa

Mix the egg and sugar in bain-marie for 10-15 min. The mixture will become thick with the tendency to become dry on the edges. Add the chocolate broken into small pieces and cocoa. Mix until smooth. Remove from the heat and cool completely.
Cream the butter until soft and fluffy. Add the egg mixture spoon by spoon and beat continuously.

Syrup:

200 ml water
3 Tsp of rum
4 Tsp of sugar ( I used half)

Mix them all until sugar is dissolved completely.

Alternate layers so white will come of black and viceversa. Moist them with syrup, spread the buttercream on each layer.

Cover the cake in buttercream and decorate to your pleasure.

It’s lovely, creamy, and makes an impression.

Coffee cake for Gabriel/Tort de cafea pentru Gabriel

I have been gone for some time and I missed my blog and the wonderful world of baking.
So many things happened and I will find the courage to talk about them in time.
The first recipe I bring with my return on my amateur baker’s blog is the recipe of the cake I made for my husband’s birthday.
My Gabriel wanted a coffee cake and that is how my ordinary butter cream cake recipe became coffee cake.
It is a cake easy to make.
Enjoy.
.

And …” Happy birthday, my Gabriel!!!”

Coffee cake

White sponge cake:
5 eggs
5 spoons of sugar
5 spoons of flour (regular)
1 baking powder (2 tsp)
2 spoons of vegetable oil (sunflower)

Method:Sponge cake :Beat de egg whites until stiff ,add the sugar, keep beating until very stiff . Add the egg yolks mixing gently, the oil and the flour mixed with baking powder.Preheat the oven at medium heat.Grease and line with baking paper a tray. Bake 20-25 min or until the toothpick test.Cool down

Filing:
2 eggs (medium)
250gr confectioner’s sugar
6 tsp instant coffee
300gr butter softened

Mix the eggs with sugar and instant coffee in bain marie until creamy. Cool down.Cream the butter and add the egg cream gradually.

Assembly:
Cut the cake on three levels , soften it with coffee mixed with rum.
Fill the cake and decorate.

Am lipsit mult timp si mi-a fost foarte dor de blog si de toata lumea minunata a cofetariei.
S-au intamplat multe lucruri despre care o sa imi gasesc curaj treptat sa vorbesc.
Prima reteta cu care revin pe blogul meu de cofetar amator e reteta tortului pregatit pentru jumatatea mea cu ocazia zilei lui de nastere.

Gabitzu meu a vrut tort de cafea asa ca reteta mea obisnuita de buttercream cake a devenit coffee cake.

E un tort foarte usor de facut .
Succes.

Si …” La multi ani ,Gabitzu meu!!!”

Tort de cafea

Blat alb:
5 oua
5 linguri de zahar
5 linguri de faina
1 praf de copt
2 linguri de ulei

Pregatire:
Se bat albusurile spuma,se adauga zaharul si se bate in continuare pana se tine. Se adauga galbenusurile amestecand usor,uleiul si apoi treptat faina amestecata cu praful de copt .Se incalzeste cuptorul pe treapta din mijloc.Aluatul se pune in forma unsa si tapetata cu hartie de copt.Se coace 20-25 de minute sau pana iese scobitoarea curata.

Crema:
2 oua intregi
250gr de zahar praf
6 lingurite cafea instant.
300gr de unt moale

Pregatire:
Ouale se freaca cu zaharul in bain marie (pe abur) pana devine o crema groasa.Se adauga cafeaua.Se raceste.Se spumeaza untul si se adauga treptat crema de oua.

Asamblare:
Se taie tortul pe trei nivele si se insiropeaza cu cafea racita amestecata cu rom.
Se umple cu crema si se decoreaza.

Tort OPERA / OPERA cake

Am citit mult pe internet si nu numai, despre faimosul Tort Opera celebra creatie a lui Louis Clichy.
M-a impresionat istoria lui plina de fantezie si lumina ,povestea retetei nascuta din visul unui cofetar care a trait cu pasiunea pentru savanta combinatie de migdale ,ciocolata si cafea.
Acest tort elegant mi-a depasit orice asteptare.Ma asteptam la o reteta complicata, elaborata si dupa ingrediente ,foarte dulce si astfel tipic frantuzeasca.
Surpriza!!!
A mers extreme de repede, e foarte usor de facut, nu a creat probleme deosebite si s-a terminat urgent in ropote de aplauze gustative.

Tort Opera
Ingredientele
Blat:
7 oua mari
7 linguri de zahar
6 linguri de faina
1 praf de copt
200 gr migdale macinate (se pot folosi alune sau nuci-precizare pentru prietena mea, Gabitza)
25 gr de unt topit si racit

Crema de cafea:
1 ou
200 gr de zahar
300 gr de unt moale
2 lingurite de cafea instant
1 lingurite de apa

Crema ganache:
200 gr ciocolata amaruie
150 ml de frisca (eu am folosit vegetala –Maestro)
1 fiola esenta de rom (Dr. Oetker sau Ruff)

Glazura:
100 de grame ciocolata
80 ml de frisca

Preparare :

Blat:
Se bat albusurile spuma cu mixerul electric pana se tine, se adauga zaharul si se bate in continuare pana spuma e teapana. Se adauga galbenusurile amestecand usor cu un tel in forma de para(nu se bate!!!) .
Se amesteca faina, cu migdalele macinate si praful de copt si se adauga lingura cu lingura la compozitia de oua.Se adauga untul topit si racit amestecand usor.
Se unge si tapeteaza o tava pentru copt sau o forma de tort(forma clasica e dreptunghiulara asa ca eu am folosit tava).
Se toarna compozitia in tava si se coace 20 – 25 de minute la foc mediu in lerul preincalzit,sau pana trece proba scobitorii (vezi postarile anterioare).

Crema de cafea:
Se amesteca ouale cu zaharul in bain-marie aproximativ 10-15 minute .Compozitia devine o crema groasa si consistenta cu tendinta de uscare pe margini.
Cafeaua se amesteca cu apa pana la dizolvare.Se adauga la crema de oua si se mai amesteca 5 minute .
Se raceste.
Se spumeaza untul si se adauga crema de oua treptat ,cu lingurita ,amestecand bine dupa fiecare adaugare.

Crema ganache:
Frisca se incalzeste pe foc sau la microunde pana la punctual de fierbere.
Ciocolata se rupe in bucati mici, (eu am tocat-o) si se adauga in frisca fierbinte impreuna cu esenta de rom.
Se amesteca pana la omogenizare si se raceste.

Asamblare:
Blatul racit se taie pe 3 nivele.
Pe primul nivel se pune ¾ din crema de cafea.
Pe al doilea crema ganache.
Ultimul nivel se unge cu restul de crema de cafea.

Glazura:
Se infierbanta frisca la fel ca la ganache si se adauga ciocolata.Se amesteca pana la omogenizare si se continua amestecarea pana este rece.

Se glaseaza tortul si se da la frigider.
Se poate taia de indata ce se intareste glazura.

Tip: Atentie la temperatura glazurii deoarece risca sa “fuga de pe stratul de crema”
Tortul se decoreaza cu numele lui scris cu crema de unt pe un colt.Se pot adauga la decorare note musicale, foita comestibila de aur(asta asa pentru effect deosebit).



Un tort minunat ,foarte elegant potrivit pentru sarbatori, asta ca se apopie cu pasi repezi Pastele.


Nu mai spun cat de potrivit este pentru cafea....

Opera cake

I read a lot on the internet and not only there, about the notorious Opera cake, the famous creation of Louis Clichy.

I was impressed of it’s fantastic and bright history,the story of the recipe born from the dream of a maestro baker who lived with the passion for the savant combination of almonds, chocolate and coffee.

This elegant cake surpassed everything I was expecting from it. I was on guard for a complicated recipe, elaborated, and after the ingredients list extremely sweet and typically French.
Surprise!!!
It went quickly, very easy to make, no special problems, and was speedily finished in culinary ovations.

Joconde(almond sponge cake):

7 large eggs
7 spoon of white sugar
6 spoons of flour
1 unit baking powder (2 tsp)
200 gr gounded almonds (other kind nuts can be used)
25 gr melted an cooled butter

Coffee buttecream:

1 egg
200 gr sugar
300 gr butter soften
2 tsp instant coffee
1 tsp water

Ganache:
200 gr bittersweet chocolate
150 ml cream (I used vegetal –Maestro)
1 vile rum essence -1 tsp (Dr. Oetker or Ruff)

Glaze:
100 gr chocolate
80 ml cream

Method:

Joconde:
Beat the egg whites with the electric mixer until stiff, add the sugar and keep beating until very stiff. Fold in, gently; the egg yolks (do not beat).
Mix flour, almonds and baking powder and add spoon by spoon at the egg mixture. Add the melted butter and mix very gently.
Grease the tray or cake pan (the classical shape is rectangular so I used the tray)
Preheat the oven on the middle temperature. Pour the batter in the tray (I used baking paper and I strongly recommend it). Bake 20 – 25 minutes or until that toothpick tests ok. (See the previous posts)

Coffee butter cream:
Mix the egg and sugar in bain-marie for 10-15 min. The mixture will become thick with the tendency to become dry on the edges.
Mix the coffee with water until dissolved. Add it to the egg mixture and mix for another 5 min.
Let it cool completely.
Cream the butter and add the egg cream by teaspoon mixing well after each addition.

Ganache:
Heat the cream close to boiling point (you can use the microwave).
Break the chocolate into small pieces (I grounded it) and add it to the hot cream. Mix very well until it resembles a chocolate sauce. Cool at room temperature.

Assembly:
Cut the sponge cake on 3 layers.
Put ¾ of the coffee butter cream on the bottom layer.
Put the ganache on the middle layer.
Spread the left butter cream on the top layer.

Glaze:
Heat the cream like you did at ganache and add the chocolate. Mix well until smooth and continue mixing until cool.
Glaze the cake and refrigerate.
The glaze hardens very quickly and you can cut the cake after the glaze is dry.

Tip: Be careful at the glaze temperature .There is a risk it will “run “.
Decorate the cake with its name written with butter cream on a corner. You can draw musical notes, and put eatable gold (this for a special effect)

A wonderful cake, perfect for Holydays,since Easter is so close.

I won't say how well does it go with coffee...