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    “Add Insult to injury” Chocolate Cake

    August 3, 2015

    Base Layer Ingredients 3 Tbsp. cocoa powder, sifted 120 ml. (½ cup) milk (I use goats-milk, you can use soy/almond/rice milk for a non-dairy version) 150 gr. (¾ cup) granulated sugar 100 grams butter/Mazola 105 gr. (¾ cup) Tami All-Purpose GF flour (or plain flour) 1 tsp. baking powder 3 egg yolks 3 egg whites 50 gr. (¼ cup) granulated sugar Round baking tin Base Layer Preparation Preheat your oven to 150C/300F. In a small saucepan, bring milk, cocoa and ¾ cup sugar to a boil over low heat. Remove from heat, add butter/Mazola and mix until fully melted. Add flour, baking powder, and egg yolks and mix until incorporated. In…

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    Layered Mousse Cake

    November 7, 2013

    This mousse cake is made up of a base, and a triple amount of any of the following chocolate mousse options. It can be a triple amount of the same kind, or one layer of each. You can make single-serving cakes, or even just one of them as a mousee, with no base. It’s not a lot of work, you just need 3-4 hours freezing between layers. Base Ingredients 1 XL egg 30 gr. sugar ¼ cup all-purpose flour, or all-purpose Gluten-Free flour (I use “Tami”) ¼ tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. cocoa powder Base Preparation Preheat your oven to 190C/375F. Whisk the eggs and sugar until fluffy. Sift the…

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