chocolate | raspberry cheese | orange cakes

week three | stage two of academia adventures :]
never knew chocolate cakes would have APPLE included? well this one did!

chocolate cake LVL☆☆☆☆

ingredients:

• 200g eggs (4)
• 150g castor sugar
• 200g peeled&grated apples (squeeze the juices out)
• 10g baking powder
• 180g plain flour
• 30g cocoa flour
• 150g vege oil
• 130 melted dark chocolate

method:

• whisk eggs and sugar till pale and fluffy
• sep > combine all dry ingredients (sieve)
• slowly pour oil into egg mix till absorbed
• pour melted choco into the mix
• add 1|3 at a time of the dry ingredients to the egg mix
  
• fold in apples
• bake 170degrees for approx 45mins~

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thick dark chocolate ganache LVL☆☆ (you can really use white choco, looks nicer when u see the vanilla pod seeds - but would be too sweet for my liking =P)

ingredients:

• 250g cold heavy cream
• 30g glucose syrup
• 500g dark chocolate
• 2 sticks of vanilla pod (seeds taken out)

method:

• boil cream and vanilla pod|seeds
  
• add glucose
• in a sep bowl, place chocolates in it
• pour the hot cream over chocolates
• whisk till smooth, lump free
  (HINT: do not over whisk, as it can cause bubbles to form)
• cool and use or set aside

was tired and couldnt really think of how to design my cake, but this is what came to my mind! so *TADA* >0<


raspberry mascarpone cheesecake LVL☆☆☆
this cheesecake is quite a hit! everyone seems to love it. its not overly sweet either! shall be a keeper recipe :]


biscuit base ingredients:

• 200g biscuits (which ever you prefer? crumb them!)
• 100g butter

what to do?

• melt the butter
• mix it thoroughly into into the crumbs
• press it into a cake tin
• set it in the fridge for about 30-60mins till firm and set.

the cheesecake:

• 25g eggs (half an egg!)
• 1 egg yolk
• 25g castor sugar
• 250g mascarpone cheese
• 150g raspberry puree (this you can DIY; or buy the rdy-made ones)
• 300g heavy cream
• 75g gelatine (3 1|2 sheets)
  

method:

• soak the gelatine in cold water and leave aside
• sep > whisk egg yolk, egg, 50g sugar till fluffy n pale.
• boil 75g castor sugar ans 60ml water till 120degrees
• slowly pour the sugar water into the egg mix
• drain and dissolve the gelatine over a bainmarie
• whip the cream till about medium peak only
  
• add into the mixture ans continue whisking till the mixture cools
• add the cream cheese till smooth
• fold in raspberry puree
• fold in whipped cream
• pour mixture into the cake tin with the biscuit base
• leave in fridge for a good 2-5hours before serving!
  

orange cake LVL☆☆☆