TORTA AL CIOCCOLATO E PANNA
February 25, my birthday. The flu has kept me in preventing me home to celebrate.
The winter has raised the drooping filling the days of icy cold, the morning that I was misled, however, nescosto behind clear skies and bright.
With the few forces available I have prepared this cake.
the kitchen window I saw the lively bustle dell'affaccendarsi citizen and gestures of the dough, of creating, playing with the ingredients (actually a few ones available!) have begun to rid my thoughts.
Reflections on a year that goes, and one that is ...
41 years, yet many dreams but also a lot of awareness, targets all over and some gaps remained unbridgeable. Love and excitement ... the desire for a child ...
Joys and sorrows of a life ... and a slice of cake to sweeten a day of birthday a bit subdued ...
chocolate cake and cream For base of chocolate sponge cake need: 7 eggs, 250 g of sugar, 200 g of flour, 50 g unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 packet Yeast, a few drops of vanilla extract.
Pick eggs and sugar in a heatproof bowl, then started to mix in a water bath for a few minutes (more or less have to reach body temperature), remove from heat and beat with electric mixer until you get a compound puffy and fluffy . Stir in the flour, cocoa and baking powder sifted to the egg, using a rubber spatula (so-called "marisa" for pastry or "drip pan" to the cooks). Complete this step three times, stirring from bottom to top with great delicacy. Incorporate the first part of flour together even vanilla.
Pour the batter into a buttered and covered with parchment paper (or in a silicone mold) and bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees for about 25 minutes. Check the area with a toothpick. Remove from the oven and let cool.
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Cut the cake horizontally into two equal disks. For
of the wet sponge you need: 40 g sugar, 50 ml of orange liqueur and 50 ml of water.
Simmer water with sugar for about five minutes, then remove from the heat, add the liqueur and stir.
For the filling need: 150 ml of fresh cream and 250 g of white chocolate.
Boil the cream, then Turn off the heat and stir in the white chocolate pezzetti. mescolate per amalgamare bene. Fate freddare, in questo modo la crema si addenserà.
Per la ganache di copertura occorrono: 200 ml di panna fresca, 300 g di cioccolato fondente, 1 cucchiaio di liquore all'arancia.
Scaldate semplicemente la panna, poi unite il cioccolato a pezzetti ed il liquore, mescolate con cura e fate intiepidire.
Per assemblare la torta occorrono inoltre: 250 ml di panna fresca, 150 g di zucchero a velo, mezzo albume d'uovo e del colorante alimentare naturale.
Bagnate i due dischi di pan di Spagna con l'apposita bagna al liquore (uno dalla parte superiore e l'altro dalla parte inferiore). Cospargete il primo disco con la farcia al cioccolato bianco, quindi sovrapponetevi l'altro disco. Coprite completamente, fino a rivestire l'intera torta, con la ganache al fondente, aiutandovi con una spatola da pasticceria.
Infine, decorate a vostro piacere con la panna che avrete montato e con la glassa di zucchero, ricavata mescolando lo zucchero a velo con in mezzo tuorlo e con il colorante alimentare (con la glassa potete naturalmente realizzare anche scritte e disegni, servendovi di piccoli coni di carta da forno).
Questa torta, molto cioccolatosa, è ideale per grandi e piccini!