With
Christmas 2014 only fifteen (15) weeks away, I’ve already begun checking out
bottles of wine at Hi-Lo Supermarket in Cross Roads after leaving MICO University College last Monday
September 15th 2014 at around 8:00pm!
I’m
saving up to buy a JA$2000 bottle of a fine New World vintage, as the Old World
Stuff is hard to get and is thus priced out of my reach due to high Global
Demand as predicted in my blog article
entitled “Australian
analyst Morgan Stanley Stats say World Faces Global Wine Shortage - The Glass
is either Half Empty of Half full as Chinese and Americans become more like the
French”.
Yes,
I know I did mention that you can make you gallons of your own Sorrel Wine with
ingredients costing under JA$2500 as described in my blog article
entitled “How
to make Jamaican Sorrel Wine – JA$2500 for 5 1 Liter Bottles of Sorrel Wine
goes well with Chocolate Christmas Cake”.
But
I realized that I don’t have most of those ingredients, including the Corks and
a Dark Cupboard. I could alternately choose to bury the wine underground, but
that means sealing it in a black plastic bag to prevent the bung getting wet
and the Sorrel Wine going sour. Not to mention it has to be positioned to be
upside down, so that the Cork Bung stays wet with the Mother Liquor.
Too
much hassle I’ve decided. Plus Mr. and Mrs. Blake would never allow me to bury
5 Gallons worth of Sorrel Wine in their Backyard! Buying a bottle for JA$2000
is a little easier!
How to make a Chocolate
Bar shaped Chocolate Cake – Christmas and Chocolate both start with a “C”
While
browsing the isle and scoping out their offerings, I noticed that yet again
their delectable Chocolate Cake is also on sale. I’d done an article on how to
make a Glow-in-the-Dark Chocolate Cake as described in my blog article entitled
“How
to make Glow-in-the-Dark Chocolate Cake - British Mathematician Francis Galton
Cake Cutting technique makes Cakes last Longer”.
So
why not a Cake that looks like a Chocolate Bar? Straight to it folks, as this
DIY (Do It Yourself) will go well with Wine, be it Sorrel Wine or an imported
Brand. First you’ll need the following ingredients:
1.
3 Eggs
2.
Baking Powder
3.
Brown Sugar
4.
Brush
5.
Chocolate Bar shaped Pan
6.
Cooking Oil
7.
Dark Chocolate Chips
8.
Flour
9.
Hand Mixer
10.
Measuring Cup
11.
Mixing Bowl
12.
Oven
13.
Stainless Steel Non-Stick Pan
14.
Teaspoons and Tablespoons
Based
on the ingredients alone, it’s obvious that this is a Sponge Cake that’s going
to get coated with a lot of Dark Chocolate.
The
instructions are easy to follow for you to make what’s essentially a sponge
cake with a Chocolate shell shaped like a Chocolate Bar:
1.
Place 3 eggs in a bowl
2.
Add 1/3 cup of Brown Sugar
3.
Beat till pale and yellow with a Hand
Mixer. It'll turn foam then Pale and yellow after 7 minutes.
4.
Stop Mixing when it forms Ribbons of
mixture
5.
2 Tablespoon of Cooking Oil
6.
Sift 2/3 cups of flour
7.
1 teaspoon of Baking Powder
8.
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients
9.
Gently fold mixture together
10.
Grease Chocolate Bar shaped Pan
11.
Pour in batter
12.
Shake to makes sure the batter to have
any air bubbles
13.
Bake the Cake at 350ºC (662ºF) for 20
minutes
14.
Take it out of the oven and make it cool
15.
Then use knife to gently lift the Sponge
Cake out of the Mold
16.
Turn the Cake upside down in a Dish and
gently tap it out
17.
Trim the Edges and in-between the raised
parts of the cake so that it will sit better in the mold
18.
Melt 12 oz box of Dark Chocolate Chips
in a Stainless Steel Non-Stick Pan
19.
Pour melted Dark Chocolate Chips back in
the Chocolate Bar shaped Pan using a Brush, making sure it's thick coating
20.
Gently place Cake into the pan and press
it down firmly
21.
Recoat the top of the Cake with the
Chocolate making sure it's thick
22.
Shake up the Chocolate Cake and makes
sure it sits flat and even
23.
Place the Chocolate cake in the Freezer
to cool
24.
When cool after 3 hours, turn over the
Chocolate Cake in a plate
25.
Gently shake out the Chocolate Cake out
of the pan
That’s
it! This Chocolate Bar shaped Chocolate Cake goes great with the aforementioned
Sorrel Wine. Your kids will be sure to love this cool Chocolate Cake this
Christmas 2014!
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