DESSERTS

ROASTED WALNUT CAKE (EGGLESS)

Ingredients:

180gms      milkmaid

80gms        all purpose flour

20gms        cocoa powder

25gms        butter

2tbsp         melted chocolate

¼ tsp          soda bi carbonate

1tsp           baking powder

50ml         water

1tsp          vanilla essence

For decoration:

2cups      soya milk whipped cream for icing and decoration (for 2cups beat 200ml milk with 75gms icing sugar)

250gms    dark cooking chocolate

100ml       water

100gms     chopped walnuts

1tbsp         salted butter

For sugar syrup:

4tbsp    sugar

50ml      water

20ml      kirsch 

     

Method:

1.       Pre heat the oven at 150c for 20 minutes.

2.       Sieve all the dry ingredients together.

3.       In a large aluminum vessel whisk the milkmaid and butter till creamy and fluffy with the help of an electric beater.

4.       Add the dry ingredients little by little to the butter mix.

5.       Mix well. Add water and essence and beat well till the mixture is smooth and of dropping consistency.

6.       Now take a 6”square tin.

7.       Grease it and dust it well with butter and flour.

8.       Pour the batter and bake it for 25 minutes or till done. To check insert a knife in the center , if the knife comes out clean it is ready.

9.       Remove from oven and remove it on a butter paper sheet. Let it cool.

10.   To whip the cream take chilled liquid cream add icing sugar place it on the ice and beat it with an electric beater till firm peaks are formed. Add more sugar as per your taste.

11.   To make chocolate icing mix the water and cooking chocolate, melt it in a double boiler.

12.   Melt till the chocolate forms a smooth liquid. Cool it in the freeze for 4 hours.

13.   In another pan heat the butter and roast the chopped walnuts in them on medium flame till golden brown.

14.   Cut the cake into two layers.

15.   Mix well the sugar syrup ingredients.

16.   Sprinkle sugar syrup about 4 tbsp.

17.   Apply 4tbsp chocolate sauce on the cake. Sprinkle with the chopped walnuts.

18.   Now put 4tbsp of whipped cream and place the other layer of cake on it and sprinkle 4tbsp of sugar syrup on it.

19.   Cover the entire cake with chocolate sauce. Even the sides well.

20.   Let it set in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

21.   Now cover the cake with the whipped cream.

22.   And decorate it with the whipped cream and roasted chopped walnuts as shown in the pic.

23.   Chill for an hour and enjoy it.