Sempoi Black Forest Cake

Been meaning to try make this cake for a looong time but never dared to try until yesterday, found this recipe from Australian Women Weekly mini cookbook and the cake is scrumptious.

250gm butter, chopped

1 tabelspoon instant coffee granules / powder

11/2 cups hot wayer

200gm dark eating chocolate, chopped

2 cups caster sugar

11/2 cups self-raising flour

1 cup plain flour

1/4 cup cocoa powder

2 eggs

2 teaspoon vanilla essence

600ml thickened cream, whipped

2 x 425gm canned seeded / pitted black cherries, drained & halved

2 teaspoon cocoa powder, extra

or

50 gm dark cooking choc + 3 tablespoon cream (to make ganache)

- preheat oven 150'c, greased and line base & side of a round / square 22cm baking tin

- melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat

- mix coffee and hot water, stir into butter

- add chocolate and sugar, stir until smooth over low heat but not to boiling

- set aside till about cool (about 10 minutes)

- using a hand held mixer, beat the chocolate mixture while adding flour + cocoa powder small batches at a time

- add eggs, one at a time and vanilla extract, mix well

- pour batter into cake tin and bake for 1 hour 45 mins, cake cooks well when skewer comes out clean

- stand in tin 5 minutes before turning onto wire rack and let cool completely

- once cake totally cold, cut into 3 equal layers

- meanwhile, beat cream with electiric mixer till fluffy

- layer cake with cream and cherries

- can also topped the cake with cream or make ganache and pur on top

- chill in fridge for about 1 -2 hours before serving

Happy trying... :)

p/s - sound like a lot of work rather than sempoi but it's actually quite simple ...insyaallah

Sempoi Eggless & No-Liquor Tiramisu

Jumpa recipe ni di http://priyaeasyntastyrecipes.blogspot.com (TQ Priya :)). Sangat sempoi & sedap...

1 cawan Heavy / Thickened Whipping Cream

1/2 cawan gula (saya guna gula kaster)

20 keping roti Lady's finger (memang utk tiramisu)

1 1/2 cawan keju Mascarpone

1 cawan kopi / nescafe sejuk (terpulang kepada kuat mana selera anda)

2 sudu besar serbuk koko

- Pukul cream dengan hand mixer hingga agak gebu (stiff peaks)

- Di dalam mangkuk lain, pukul keju dengan gula hingga sebati

- Gaulkan perlahan cream dan adunan keju hingga sebati

- Susun 10 roti Lady's finger di dalam mangku empat segi, tuangkan sesudu besar kopi ke atas setiap kepingan roti atau celup dan susun (jangan biar terlalu lama, nanti terlalu lembik)

- Lapiskan separuh adunan cream dan keju di atas roti, dan ulang selapis roti dan cream lagi

- Taburkan rata serbuk koko ke atas cream dan keju lapisan teratas

- Tutup bekas dan sejukkan di dalam peti ais sekurang-kurangnya 2 jam

Happy trying ...:)

Sempoi Cream Cheese Frosting

This is a simple topping great with carrot cake but can also try with other cakes :)

125g cream cheese, soft at room temperature
100g icing sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
60g butter

- in a mixing bowl, beat all ingredient with electric mixer on medium speed till smooth

A friend taught me another way which is also yummylicious:

125g cream cheese, soft at room temperature
1-2 tablespoon caster sugar (depend how sweet you want)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1-2 tablespoon mlik, (adding bit by bit, depend on how soft you want the cream to be)

* remember to wait for teh cakes to really cooled down before spreading the cream or hehe you'll end up with watery cream ..

Happy trying ... :)

Sempoi Cream Cheese Topping

A yummylicious simple topping great with carrot cake :). TQ Sab ...

250g Philidelphia cream cheese
2 tablespoon caster sugar
1-2 tablespoon milk

- beat cheese & sugar till fluffy adding milk bit by bit depending how soft you want the cream to be.

Happy trying ... :)