Chocolate Truffle Balls

The recipe is really simple.... i used a remainder baked choc cake which was soft n crumbly. I crumbled it even more, added some butter on my hands as i kneaded the cake into a ball.

You can add broken wafer pieces, nuts, choc chip into the ball and knead it together. For me, it was like making ghee balls for Diwali. 

I roll it into balls and leave in fridge for a while. Then take it out, dip it into some melted chocolate and leave to dry. Once set, put into paper cups :)

You can alternatively, roll it over some chocolate rice and hundreds and thousand AFTER the chocolate dip. Me, I prefer the chocolate version - plain and yummy.

Rich Chocolate Yogurt Cake

Chocoholics will love this - yogurt is absolutely geat and makes the cake moist... just make sure the yogurt has not curdle!

100gms dark choc (chopped melt n mix with 1/2 cup water)

185gms butter
vanilla esence
1 1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs
1/2 cup yogurt
2 1/4 cup SRF

Cream butter n sugar, add eggs, stir in choc mix n yogurt, fold in flour.
Bake in moderate oven for approx 40 mins

Yummy and moist!

Absolutely Chewy Fudgy Brownies

I love brownies, especially this one, which is my mom's recipe. I dont have the ingredients in kg/grammes so you have to convert from ounces. I used to bake this for school canteen day,but it never got to leave the classroom, always sold out!

Quick Mix Rich So-Soft-You-Can-Cut-It-With-A-Butter-Knife Chocolate Cake

Top pic is my terrible attempt at cake decorating! 

I love baking cakes where everything goes into ONE big bowl - whisked/mixed, stirred and its ready for baking!

185gms butter

vanilla essence

1 3/4 cup sugar

3 eggs

2 cups SRF

2/3 cup cocoa

1 cup water

Put all the ingredients in a bowl, beat on low speed until it combines and then increase speed until texture is smooth and changes colour. (Well mine didnt change much colour, but it was silky smooth, almost like rich moussy-shake!)

According to recipe, bake for 1 1/2 hours in moderate oven, but i am setting it to 50 mins on moderate oven.... and the best part of making this cake, both my kids helped.

My 34 month old (that is 2 yrs 10 month old) daughter held the electric mixer steadily - with supervision of course, while my 16 month old son (1 1/2 yr old) ahemz supervised the mixing he peered into the bowl to make sure it was smooth and consistent :P

As a reward, she got the spoon once i was done and he, well didnt like the batter too much. Oh well.

Note: thats my daughter's finger inching her way to the cake... took her all her might and willpower not to eat the cake immediately!

Mmmmmm Mmmmm Brownies

I love  brownies, the  chewy kind especially! These brownies are fine, but undercook them for the chewy bit.

1/2 cup vegetable oil ( i use butter)
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1/2 cup plain flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

1/2 cup choc bits (adds to the chewy sticky bit of the brownies)

Mix together the oil, sugar, and vanilla. Beat in eggs. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt, stir into the egg mixture until well blended. Stir in walnuts, choc chips (if desired).
Bake for 15to 20 minutes, or until the brownie begins to pull away from edges of pan. Or the knife comes out sticky  a little from the brownie!

Yummylicious!