HI, everyone! I'm Masa!
This time I'd like to share a tasty
chocolate cake
It's called (Japanese)
chocolate cake with pears
In February, both Western countries, also Japan
is known for Valentines Day,
which is on 2/14
In Japan,
there's a special custom,
that is girls will send chocolates to the boys
So, this is in Japan, the whole world
maybe... not just girls send something to the boys
they will spend time together
on this special day
This time, the recipe I'll share
is still a Japanese way, using chocolate
and make a cake. The method is really simple,
using seasonal fruits,
I'll use pears this time
to make a delicious chocolate cake
Let's get started!
7 inches size mold
Brush butter on the whole mold
Sprinkle some bread flour evenly
Do it your own way~
Or use a baking paper to prevent sticking!
80g dark chocolate
You can use the chocolate you like
50g butter (Put them together)
So now, the chocolate
I use ummm.. dar...
dark chocolate, which is not that sweet
you can choose you own favorite chocolate
I also added butter
Usually, when we're making chocolate cake
we'll add cocoa butter,
which is extracted from the cocoa beans,
to add a smooth texture
to the cake
This is a kind of a special ingredients,
if you can't find it, you can use
butter is still OK
Just make sure the butter you use is
unsalted butter
Melt butter and chocolate above boiling water
Make sure all the ingredients are melted
45g cream
Heat it up a little bit (Chocolate will turn solid easily, so all the ingredients need to be at warm temperature)
15g cake flour
Pure cocoa powder (Unsweetened)
40g cocoa powder
Sieve
3 eggs
Separate the yolks and whites
The way to separate them both
is up to you, using the shell,
like so.
When I was still working in a restaurant,
there's no time doing the neat work, so we'll break the eggs we need
maybe 10, 15 eggs
break them all and use our hands
to separate them both,
so it's kind of a way to do the business
If you're afraid to do so,
and make your hands sticky
you can simply use egg shells or other techniques,
as long as you feel free to do the work
1 pear
Peel
You can also use other fruits as well
Cut into thin slices
Whisk the yolks
Add 50g sugar
Whisk til it turns light yellow
Heat up the yolks as well
Whisk the whites
Whisk til the bubbles show up
Add half of the sugar (another 50g)
you can add more flour,
It won't be easy to foam when added too much sugar
Add the rest of the sugar (50g total)
Keep on whisking until it turns thick
This is the texture we need
Add chocolate butter mixture to the whites
Warm cream(Mix well)
Add cocoa powder mix
Heat up the chocolate when it turns solid again
Add a little whites first to blend well with the batter
Add too much the bubbles in the foam will disappear
Add the whites several times separately
Add about half of the batter
Spread the batter evenly
Add pear slices
Add the rest of the batter
Add more pears (fruits)
Oven pre-heated to 180 degrees Celcius
Bake about 30 minutes
Use a skewer to test if it's done
It's done! Smells really great!
You can smell the chocolate
This cake is now pumped up,
we didn't add too much flour
I want to taste the flavor from the chocolate
I add a lot of chocolate and cocoa powder instead
So now, the size of the cake,
will become smaller when we rest it afterwards
that's normal, so don't feel disappointed
If you don't want the cake shrinks too much,
you can add more flour,
but the texture will not be the same (the recipe of sponge cake, check out my other video)
So, just make your own decision
Now, we'll take it out from the mold
By the way, the skewer method
this is not a sponge cake
you don't need to bake it too dry
There's still some batter sticks on the skewer,
then it's done
If you keep on baking, it'll turn too dry
We want to keep the moisture in the cake,
so make sure using a cloth
while resting.
Add shredded chocolates for decoration.
Now, the tasty chocolate cake
is done!
I can't wait so I'll just taste them
This side looks amazing!
Let's dig in!
Smells good!
Mmmmmm~
The texture is just what I want!
you can taste the luxurious flavor from
the chocolate. Because we added
beaten egg whites, so the texture
won't be too sticky
there's still air in the cake itself,
which makes the cake tastes really fluffy
Still,
we used loads of chocolate
and the chocolate I use this time
is dark chocolate
and cocoa powder,
so you can enjoy the "doubled"
chocolate flavor
Which is really nice!
And the texture
is just fine to me
The pears in the middle is soft,
also add a fruity flavor
to the cake.
There's two way
to enjoy this cake
The first way is when it's done,
slice and taste it right away.
You can enjoy
the fluffy texture of the cake
and the fragrance from the chocolate
Secondly, rest it
for 1~2 days
The longer it rest, (Cold days rest under room temperature, hot days in the fridge)
the more moisture you'll taste from the cake(Cold days rest under room temperature, hot days in the fridge)
then the cake will taste quite thick(in a good way)
Another
taste of the chocolate as well
If you make this cake for someone else,
it's also great
The cake will turn solid after resting
so, the cake will not shatter
easily. Wrap it up in slices
or the whole cake
and send to someone
is really a good idea!
Or just enjoy it on your own!
If you want to
a tasty chocolate cake
Remember to try this out!
Thanks for watching!