Friday 24 January 2014

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Zebra Cake

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Ingredients

·         Makes about 10 servings
·         4 eggs
·         1 cup sugar
·         1 cup butter (200 g), at room temperature
·         1 cup milk
·         1 tsp vanilla extract
·         3 cups flour
·         2 tsp baking powder
·         1/4 tsp salt
·         For the chocolate batter
·         3 tbsp cocoa powder
·         1/4 cup milk
·         1 tbsp sugar
Directions 
1.    Grease and line with parchment paper, a 24 cm (9 in) round cake pan.  Preheat oven at 180 (350 F).
2.    Whisk together in a large bowl the dry ingredients, flour salt and baking powder. Set aside.
3.    In another bowl mix the cocoa powder with 1/4 cup milk and 1 tbsp of sugar. 
4.    Mix butter with sugar until creamy. Add eggs one at a time and mix until well incorporated. Add vanilla extract.  
5.    With the mixer on low, alternate adding gradually milk and flour mixture until all is well incorporated.
6.    Remove two cups of the batter and mix them with the chocolate mixture. 
7.    Use one tablespoon for each batter to create the layers of batter on the prepared pan. Begin from the middle of the pan, take one spoon of white batter then over it add a spoon of chocolate batter and repeat this steps until all batter has been used. (If you don't have the patience to make these layers just add one batter on top of the other and create swirls with a knife or fork to create the marbled effect)
8.    Bake for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
9.    Remove from oven and let cool for 15 minutes on a cooling rack before removing from the pan.
10. Serve as it is or top with chocolate glaze.

ENJOY !!

Saturday 11 January 2014

Buffalo-Style Hot Wings



Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
20 chicken wing segments
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup hot sauce

Directions:
1) Combine flour, salt, paprika, garlic powder, cayenne and black pepper in a pie plate.
2) Coat each wing segment with seasoned flour and refrigerate for 1 hour. Coat again with seasoned flour.
3) Heat butter and hot sauce in a small sauce until butter melts. Turn heat to lowest possible setting to keep mixture warm.
4) Bring oil in a deep fryer or stovetop equivalent to 375 degrees F. Deep-fry chicken in two or three batches, turning once for about 6 minutes per side. Quickly transfer chicken to a wire rack. Let sit for 30 seconds, then toss in hot sauce. Remove from sauce with a slotted spoon to a warm serving platter. Repeat until all chicken is fried. Serve hot with celery sticks and blue cheese dressing. Yield: 4 servings.

No-Bake Hazelnut Chocolate Cake



Ingredients

200gr (7 ounces) of dark chocolate
500 gr (3 cups) of milk chocolate
400gr (1.5 cups) of Nutella
150gr (5.5 ounces) of hazelnuts

Preparation

1Prepare a 10x20x7cm-3.8×7.8×2.8in mold.
2Melt the dark chocolate in bain marie.
3Spread it into the mold using a kitchen brush.
4Put the mold into the fridge for some minutes to solidify.
5Make another layer covering the thinner parts.
6Put into the fridge again.
7Melt the milk chocolate in bain marie.
8Roughly chop the hazelnuts.
9In a large bowl mix the melted milk chocolate, the Nutella and the hazelnuts until well combined.
10Let it cool for some minutes and then pour it into the dark chocolate mold.
11Put into the fridge for 3 hours covered with plastic wrap.
12If the stuffing is lower than the dark chocolate crust, level it using a sharp knife.
13Using the point of a knife, help the cake to detach from the mold.

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