Oct 31, 2009

Happy Halloween!!!

Cauldron Cake

Just popping by to say Happy Halloween to all my food lovers! Boo!

Inside this Witch’s cauldron is a chocolate hazelnut cake with chocolate filling. I am not a big fan of food colors, so I used just a bit for the fire effect, and a tint of green for the whipped cream stew. Gummy eyes were a perfect addition.

It’s been at least 6 months since I have baked something, and since I had a time to, and the kids wanted something spooky for the occasion. Haven’t tried it yet, but cake baked excellent, and just as soon as I can, I will share the recipe.
Thank you again for visiting, and all your wonderful comments! :)



Chocolate hazelnut cake

For the batter:
5 eggs
100g (3.5 oz) baking chocolate, melted
2 tbsp all purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
100g (3.5 oz) butter, unsalted
100g (3.5 oz) sugar
100g (3.5 oz) finely ground hazelnuts
2 tbsp vanilla sugar

Separate yolks from whites. Mix yolks with sugar, and vanilla sugar un till nice and creamy. Add hazelnuts, melted chocolate, and flour mixed with baking powder. Mix butter until creamy, and add it to the batter.
Mix egg whites until nice and stiff, and fold those in, and incorporate well, but don’t over mix.
Separate batter into 3 portions, and bake 3 separate layers in a 8 inch spring form pan. I haven’t separated it at all, but baked one cake, and then cut it into three layers.

I have used a recipe for cake layers from Podravka, and their very popular cooking site (in Croatian), Coolinarika. I didn’t make the filling from the recipe because it asks for some things not available to me. You can use pretty much any filling you like.

I have used this one:
2 packages of Chocolate pudding mix
(Like Dr.Oetker, or if not available use 6 Tbsp of corn starch , 1 tsp vanilla extract)
0.7l (about 23 oz) of milk
6 Tbsp of sugar
2 ticks, 16 tbsp of unsalted butter or margarine
100g (3.5 oz) baking chocolate, melted (or half of that if you have chocolate pudding)

Take some milk from the 0.7 l, a bit less than half a cup, and mix in pudding mixes with sugar (or corn starch, and vanilla extract). Put the remainder of milk to boil over medium heat, and then add pudding mix, reduce heat a bit, and mix well and fast, so not to get lumps.
Cool down completely, I usually put it in a fridge a bit, and then freezer, to speed up the process. Do cover the bowl, so you don’t get the “skin” on your pudding. When cold it will be very firm, don’t get alarmed, it should be.
Now cream the butter sticks and mix it with the pudding, mixing on high speed. Add melted chocolate, and mix in well. Spread evenly over cake layers, and a little bit all over the outside of the cake. Now you can top it with some nice chocolate glaze, or decorate any way you like.

22 comments:

Marija said...

OMG! So good to see you!

Gde si nestala? Pisala sam ti tonu mailova :( Nedostajes...

Nanita said...

Фантастична торта!Поздравления!

Melita said...

Thank you!
Marija, OMG, I am so busy, poslala sam ti jednom message na facebook, a email imam novi, ne znam na koji si pisala, sorry... We'll catch up... I meni sve nedostaje, ali pregledam vase radove s vremena na vrijeme... Pozz!

farida said...

Medena/Melita:) So glad to see you back!!!! We were just talking with Marija about you and wondering where you disappeared and if things are ok on your end. Glad you are back. Your cake looks spooky and delicious:) Well done! Missed you!

Melita said...

Thank you Farida, I missed all of you too!
I have started my own business, totally unralated to cooking, and it's hard, and time consuming, but at least it's going well... Other than busy, I am great, we're all great!

Maja Babić said...

Veliki pozdrav!

JA U KUHINJI... said...

Neopisivo mi je drago da si opet tu... mislila sam na tebe i nedostajala si mi :)
Kolac izgleda strava :)

Melita said...

Hvala drage moje, zao mi je sto nemam vremena cesce da se ukljucim u blogosferu, ali tu sam ja, prolistam vase stranice koliko stignem...
Mozda iduce godine bude vise vremena... Pozz!

Suzy said...

OH YAY! So happy to see you post. I've missed your lovely creations. Love this cute cake. What an awesome job.

Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets said...

I love the look of this! Can't wait for the recipe.

Andrea said...

Aren't you a sight for sore eyes! :) :)
Često kliknem na tvoj blog da vidim gdje si i što ima s tobom. Drago mi je da si dobro i baš s falili tvoji divni recepti i prekrasne fotke. :)

chriesi said...

Good to hear from you again! Spooky cake!

Bir Dut Masalı - nUnU said...

woww..
perfecte...
hapy hapy halowen :))

oneordinaryday said...

very ghoulish!

Jenn/CinnamonQuill said...

Nice to see you back, if only for a moment! And an impressive cake, as always! My husband's birthday is coming up again and last year I made one of cakes; I've been meaning to search your archives so I can figure out what to make this year!

Best tidings your way!

a toi rose society said...

Finally, I've been checking almost every day to see if you'd come back. Good to see you again.

Melita said...

Thank you all so much for your warm welcome! I really miss you all!
I'll try my best to check in more often, and find more time to participate in the foodie world!

Momo said...

so beautiful!congrats,you are fantastic!

Вера said...

Predivno,drago mi je da si se javila!

Pity said...

funny and deliciousl well done, cheers from london

novia said...

hi ...
long time no see. where have you been?


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Melanie said...

really nice cake!

 
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