Ingredients:
Chocolate
Cake:
(A)
180 gr Butter
60 gr Caster
sugar
60 gr Light
brown sugar
200 gr Full
cream evaporated milk
½ tsp Vanilla
extract
1 tbsp of
Rum (optional)
(B)
2 eggs,
slightly beaten with fork
(C)
100 gr All-purpose
flour
50 gr
cocoa powder
1 tsp Baking
powder
½ tsp Baking
soda
Method:
- Prepare
a steamer.
- Put all
(A) ingredients into a saucepan and stir over low heat until sugar has
dissolved and butter has melted. Remove from heat and allow to cold completely.
- Add
beaten eggs into (A) and stir till well mix.
- Sift
dry ingredients from (C) into a mixing bowl. Pour in batter mixture and whisk
to combine.
- Pour
batter into a greased and lined 8 inch square baking pan and cover the pan
loosely with a piece of aluminium foil (to avoid the water drip to the cake
while steaming).
- Place the
pan into the steamer and steam over medium heat for about 45 minutes.
- Cool
cake in pan before turning out for decoration.
Chocolate Ganache Topping :
200gr Dark
chocolate
170gr Whipping
cream
20 gr
Butter
Method:
Heat up
whipping cream until hot (but not boil) over double boiler method. Pour in the
chocolate and stir until chocolate melt, then add in the butter. Stir till
smooth and let it set or easily spreading.
To
assemble the cake:
Slice the
chocolate cake into 2 layers. Spread ganache on the layer cake and cream the
whole and decorate as desire.
I am
submitting this post to Best Recipes for Everyone #2 (Sept 2014 Event :Chocolate) hosted by
Xuan Hom’s Mom Kitchen Diary.
Baked this quite sometimes ago but no chance to post it yet.
