Recipe Name: Black Forest Pastry |
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Category: Desserts |
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Prep Time |
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Serves |
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2 |
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Ingredients: |
Refined flour (Maida) |
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25 g |
Egg |
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1 |
Castor sugar |
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25 g |
Vanilla essence |
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a few drops |
Cocoa |
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1 tsp |
Cherries |
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1 tbsp |
Cream |
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50 g |
Syrup from the tinned cherries |
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Icing sugar |
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1 tsp |
Plain milk chocolate |
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5 g |
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Method: |
- Prepare a cake tin either by lining or dusting with flour.
- Sieve the flour twice with cocoa.
- Beat the eggs to mix yolk and white. Continue beating for about 5-7 minutes till a good foam is obtained.
- Add castor sugar, place the bowl in warm water and continue to beat till the mixture holds itself. Remove from water.
- Mix the flour to the egg and sugar mixture by cut and fold method.
- Add essence and water, if required, so that the batter is of dropping consistency.
- Pour the batter into the prepare cake tin.
- Bake at 375 degree F for about 15-20 minutes or till light brown and firm to touch.
- Cool the sponge cake and cut into pastries (approx.8cm*4cm).
- Cut each pastry horizontally into two.
- Soak these pieces with syrup.
- Whip the chilled cream till stiff. Add icing sugar and mix well.
- Put a layer of cream and chopped cherries on one piece of each pastry and cover with the second slice.
- Apply cream on top of each pastry and decorate with scraped or grated chocolate and place one cherry in the centre on top.
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, cut , batter , sugar
, horizontally ,
bake |
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