Cherry and Raisin Sponge Cake Truffle

By now I think you should know that I’m crazy about chocolates. I try to make quick chocolate goodies all the time. Bite size treats are the best, because it’s easy to stop yourself form eating a whole lot of charming treats. Always works for me. Truffles are one such bite size treats. Unlike the regular truffle, this one is quite different. Every time you have a small piece of vanilla or even chocolate sponge cake left, you could make a truffle out of it. You can also use crumbled brownies. It is up to you. So here’s another recipe that is super easy and quick.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups crumbled Vanilla Sponge Cake
• ½ cup deseeded and chopped Cherries
• ½ cup Raisins
• 2 tbsp. Condensed Milk
• 400 gms. Chopped sweetened Dark Chocolate
• ¼ cup grated White Chocolate (for garnish)

Method:

• Add the vanilla sponge cake crumbles in a mixing bowl and break them into finer crumbs using your hand.
• Add the chopped cherries.
• In a microwavable bowl, add the raisins and add enough water to submerge the raisins and microwave it on high for a minute. This will help the raisins get soft. Then add them into drain the water.
• Add the raisins to the mixing bowl.
• Now add the condensed milk and mix well with your hands. The mixture will get a bit doughy.
• Now make truffle size balls out of the mixture and keep them aside.
• Transfer the chopped Dark chocolate into a microwavable bowl and microwave it for 2-3 minutes or until the chocolate melts.
• Take a fork and mix the chocolate well and see that it’s not lumpy.
• Place a parchment sheet on a tray.
• Now pick each off the balls with the help of a toothpick and dip it into the melted chocolate. Cover them with chocolate and place them on the sheet.
• Now sprinkle the grated white chocolate on top of each truffle and keep the tray in the fridge until it sets.

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

Who doesn’t like a nice bite of chewy chocolaty treat? I love love loveee Chocolates and I super love cookies. The two put together, how better could it get? I made around 12 cookies and they are all gone! None left! This is something I find so difficult to share. Remember you are taught to share everything when you were a kid? Not a Double Chocolate Chip Cookie! A cookie like this makes you wanna ditch your diet. When you have them in front of you staring, you just can’t stop yourself. So beware of the little monsters and bake at your own risk!!

Ingredients:

• ½ cup softened Butter
• 1 cup powered Sugar
• A pinch of Salt
• 1 tsp. Vanilla Essence
• 1 Egg
• 1½ cup All Purpose Flour
• ¼ cup Cocoa Powder
• 1 tsp. Baking Powder
• ¾ cup Chocolate Chips

Method:

• Pre-heat the Oven at 185°C
• Take a mixing bowl and add the Sugar and Butter and mix well using an Electric Beater.
• Once the sugar mixes well with the butter, add the Vanilla Essence, Egg, Flour, Cocoa Powder, Baking Powder and Salt and beat again, until everything mixes well.
• Then add the Chocolate Chips and fold it in with a Spatula.
• Cover the Baking tray with a Baking Mat or Butter Paper.
• Now take a small Ice-cream Scooper and scoop some of the Cookie mixture and lay it on the baking mat.
• Make sure you place each scoop at least 2 inches away from each other.
• Put the tray in the oven and bake at 185°C for 12-14 minutes.
• Place the Cookies in a cooling rack and let them cool completely.

Heavenly Chocolate Mousse

 

There are so many ways of making a Chocolate Mousse. You can make it with cream, without cream, with egg whites, with egg yolks, without egg yolks. It’s just endless possibilities. Each celebrity chef has his/her own way of making it. Well. This is how I make it. It’s simple, airy, feels light and sets in an hour! I usually feel like digging into my mousse even before it sets. But a little wait will double the pleasure. The cooking time for the mousse won’t take you more than 10-12 minutes. It’s one of the simple recipe that looks priceless!!

 

 

Ingredients:

• 200 gms. Sweetened dark Chocolate
• ¼ cup Milk
• 3 Egg Whites
• ¾ cup Heavy Whipping Cream

Method:

• Cut the Sweetened Dark Chocolate into small pieces.
• Transfer it into a microwavable bowl.
• Add the Milk into the same bowl and microwave it for a minute.
• Mix the Melted Chocolate and the milk and see that it turns out smooth.
• Take the Heavy Cream in a large glass bowl and whip it.
• Take the Egg whites in another bowl and whip it too until it’s stiff.
• Take another large bowl to mix all the items.
• First add the melted chocolate mixture.
• Then add half of the whipped cream and start folding gently. Make sure you don’t use a whisk or else the lightness in the whipped cream will be lost.
• Now add the other half of the cream and fold again.
• Then add the egg white mixture and fold gently. Once all the layers look one, transfer it into the glass you want to serve the mousse and refrigerate it.
• It’ll set in an hour.