Under this whipped cream cloud with strawberries is a Mexican and South Americas favorite, tres leches cake. Basically, this is a really nice butter cake, but the magic happens after you take it out of the oven. After cake is cooled, its soaked with three kinds of milk. Evaporated milk, condensed milk, and whole milk. I added rum and vanilla to give it some kick. And this cake drinks it up like a sponge. That's why its so juicy, creamy, rich and flavorful. And it so easy to make. If you are used to complicated layered cakes, this is a breeze.

For the cake:
180 gr butter
100 gr sugar
5 eggs
200 gr flour
12 gr. baking powder
pinch of salt

Preheat oven to 350F/180C.
Place the butter and sugar in a bowl, and beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour that you sifted with baking powder and pinch of salt. Spoon the mixture into a lightly greased 20cm pan lined with baking paper. Bake for 40 min. Take it out of the oven, and flip the pan on the cooling rack. When completely cooled, make holes using a skewer or toothpick.

Mix 250 ml of whole milk, 250 ml evaporated milk, 1 can of condensed milk (397 gr), one tablespoon of rum, and one teaspoon of vanilla. Pour the milk mixture over the cake and put it in the refrigerator overnight.
Transfer it into the serving plate, decorate with whipped cream and strawberries.
Serve cold.

This was one of my sons birthday cakes. He loves bananas, and he especially loves them in desserts. One of his favorite is Banoffee pie. And although I am not a big fan of bananas, I cant argue on this one. I eat it too, and I love it. Its so hard to resist the gooey caramel, bananas, whipped cream, and chocolate shavings.
So, I decided to make him a cake that will have similar ingredients, but that will be more elegant and sophisticated. And I was so happy with the result. Its two layers of chocolate sponge cake with pecans, that I soaked with rum syrup, chocolate mousse, dulce de leche mousse, and banana slices.

For sponge cake:
6 egg yolks
125 gr sugar
3 egg whites
50 gr flour
25 gr cocoa powder
50 gr pecans + 50 gr sugar (grinned together in food processor until fine powder)
50 gr hot melted butter

Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Combine the egg yolks with half of the sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
Using clean bowl whip the egg whites with other half of sugar until stiff peeks. Sift the flour and cocoa powder together over egg yolk mixture. Scoop about one third of the meringue on top and quickly and thoroughly mix it with a rubber spatula. Add remaining meringue and gently fold it into the batter. When almost completely incorporated, add pecan and sugar powder, and fold until completely mixed. Slowly pour the melted butter over the batter and fold it in. Bake in two 9 inch / 23 cm pans lined with parchment paper for 20-25 min until spongy.






Brushing syrup:
6 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon sugar
3 tablespoons rum

6 bananas

Chocolate mousse:
350 gr heavy cream
1 tablespoon sugar
100 gr chocolate
3 egg yolks
1 teaspoon gelatin
2 tablespoons cold water
First bloom gelatin in cold water. When its ready melt it in a microwave or in the hot water bath.
To make the mousse, bring 100 ml of  cream to a boil. Add chocolate and stir as it melts. Add melted gelatin.
Whisk the egg yolks with sugar until frothy and fold into the chocolate mixture. Cool to 95F/35C.
Whip the remaining cream until stiff and fold in the chocolate mixture.

Dulce de leche mousse:
350 ml heavy cream
1 egg
150 gr dulce de leche
1 teaspoon gelatin
2 tablespoons water
vanilla
Bloom gelatin in water, and dissolve in microwave or in hot water bath.
Heat  150 ml of cream with the lightly beaten egg for 10 min to 158F/70C. Mix constantly. Add dissolved gelatin, dulche de leche and mix until incorporated. Whip the remaining cream until stiff, and fold in the chocolate mixture.



To assemble the cake, brush chocolate sponge layer with brushing syrup. Put it in the spring form cake pan. Layer it with sliced bananas ( I needed 3 smaller bananas per layer, and mixed them with few drops of lemon juice to prevent them from discoloring ). Pour the chocolate mousse over bananas, and put it in the freezer until you make dulce de leche mousse.
Soak second sponge layer with brushing syrup. Put it on the top of the chocolate mousse. Layer it with sliced bananas, and pour dulce de leche mousse on top. Put it in the fridge overnight to set.
I decorated it with chocolate colar and with whipped chocolate cream.

For the cake:
2 eggs
150 gr flour
50 gr cocoa
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
175 gr brown sugar
100 gr butter
50 gr chocolate
1 cup yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon rum



Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda.
Melt butter and chocolate, and cool for a few minutes.
Mix eggs with sugar until thick. Add yogurt, melted butter with chocolate, vanilla and rum. Mix until incorporated. Add sifted dry ingredients. Whisk to combine. Line 24 cm baking pan with parchment paper, pour cake mixture and bake at 325F/165C for about 20 min. Test with toothpick, it should come out clean.



For fruit jelly:
2 pack cherry jello
700 ml water (to dissolve jello)
150 gr strawberries
150 gr blueberries
150 gr. raspberries
To dissolve jello, follow the instructions on a package, but use 700 ml of water. Add fruit when jello cools down, and do not pour it on the cake until it starts to solidify. If jello is to thin, it will soak into the batter.
Cool in the fridge for few hours. Pop the cake ring open, and carefully remove it from the cake.

This one was made just for him, with Ferrero like cream, and chocolate crepes. Its very rich and flavorful. Mascarpone cheese, Nutella, and roasted hazelnuts. Dig in :)



Chocolate crepes - Pierre Herme's recipe
Pour the liquid ingredients into the bowl with your dry ingredients and whisk to blend well. You will have a very tin bather. You can also make it in a blender of food processor. Do not overmix. Refrigerate overnight.
Rub a seasoned or nonstick 19cm pan and put it over medium-high heat. As soon as pan is hot, pour in about 3 tablespoons of batter, and swirl the pan so batter spreads across it in an even, thin-as-possible-ever layer.
When the batter has set, run a knife or spatula around the edges, and flip it. Cook until other side is lightly browned.
I made double doze of batter, so I had about 24 crepes.

For the chocolate base:
85 gr. butter
85 gr chocolate melted
50 gr sugar
4 eggs
100 gr sugar
60 gr flour
Preheat the oven to 350F/180C.
Cream the butter with 50 gr. of sugar and melted chocolate. Add egg yolks one at the time. Whip the egg whites with 100 gr of sugar until stiff. Fold it into the chocolate mixture. When incorporated, add flour and fold gently. Scoop the batter onto prepared 9 inch baking pan lined with parchment paper. Bake for about 25 min. Cool, and moisten the cake with  60 ml of cherry brandy mixed with 200 gr of cherry jam.


For chocolate cream:
100 ml. milk
2 teaspoons sugar
1 egg yolk
2 teaspoons cornstarch
5 teaspoons powder sugar
100 gr chocolate
500 ml. heavy cream
250 gr. chestnut puree
1 tablespoon baileys
To make the cream, bring the milk to a boil. Mix egg yolk with the cornstarch and sugar. Add 2 tablespoons hot milk to temper the egg. Add egg mixture to the boiling milk, stirring over medium heat to thicken it. Move it from the stove, add powder sugar and chocolate. Mix until everything incorporates nicely. While mixture is still warm, (if its chilled, it will be hard to incorporate into the whipped cream) whip the cream and stir gradually into the chocolate mixture. Spread immediately onto the cake and freeze.
When chocolate cream is semi-frozen add white cream layer.

For white cream layer:
500 ml. heavy cream
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoon baileys
2 bags whip it
Whip the ingredients for the white cream layer and spreed over the chocolate cream.
Decorate the cake with chestnut paste by mixing 350 gr of chestnut puree with 2 tablespoons of rum. I used potato press for it.

I just want to wish you happy, healthy and wonderful New Year. Enjoy the night with your family and friends.
I have some cooking to do, but I made a cake yesterday, and I would love to share it with you. Its joconde with hazelnuts that is soaked with rum, and the  filling is made with chestnut mousse and baileys liqueur. Sounds good, ha? Its a little bit booze, but its a New Years cake, so it should be like that :)))
It light, and flavorful. I wanted to add a chocolate layer, but, I changed my mind at the last minute. Chestnut should be the star here, so I didn't want anything else to distract me from its taste.

This cake should be considered dangerous. Its quadruple chocolate cake, with a flourless chocolate base, chocolate cheesecake layer, chocolate egg-less mousse, and chocolate ganache. Its chocolate explosion  in your mouth, and far better than I expected. Not too sweet, rich, just a pure chocolate lover's heaven. I wanted to make it for my birthday, and although I am almost a week late, I am happy with the choice.
Each layer is amazing, and I had hard time controlling myself not to eat them on their own. If you decide to make it, please use good chocolate, it really makes a difference. Chocolate is a star here.
Cake has 4 components, but it's easy to make, don't get discouraged. I baked first and second layer together, so it saved me some time. I promise you wont be disappointed.

For this cake you will need.

Flourless chocolate cake bottom
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
200 gr. bittersweet chocolate
1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
4 large eggs,
1 teaspoon vanilla
70 gr brown sugar
Preheat the oven to 325F/162C
Butter and line bottom and sides of 9 inch (22cm) pan with parchment paper. Over simmering water, melt the butter, chocolate and espresso powder, stirring occasionally until smooth. Allow to cool slightly, mix in egg yolks and vanilla. Beat egg whites until frothy, start adding sugar, and beat on high speed until soft peeks form. Gently whisk egg whites with chocolate mixture. Pour into prepared pan, and bake for about 25  min, until the cake has risen, and is firm around the edges, and the center has set but is still soft. Transfer the cake to wire rack to cool completely.

Cheesecake layer:
140 gr bittersseet chocolate
453 gr cream cheese
100 gr. sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 tablespoons sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 325F. Butter and line the bottom of 9 inch springform pan with parchment.
Melt the chocolate over a pan of simmering water. Beat room temperature cream cheese. Add in the sugar, cocoa powder, and beat until smooth. Add sour cream and vanilla. At low speed beat in the eggs, one at a time. Pour in the melted chocolate and mix until combined. Pour the filing into the prepared pan. Bake it for 30 min. and cool it.

For the eggless mousse:
375 ml heavy cream
200 gr chocolate
1/2 teaspoon espresso powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
Melt the chocolate over simmering water. Remove and cool slightly.
Whip the cold cream, add espresso powder and vanilla. Gently fold the chocolate into the whipped cream.

Chocolate ganache:
100 ml. heavy cream
100 gr. dark chocolate
Heat the heavy cream until just hot. Add chopped chocolate. Gently mix until mixture is nice and smooth.

Assembly:
Place the flour less chocolate cake layer on a plate that you will serve your cake on. Put springform ring around it. Place the cooled cheesecake layer over top. Spoon the mousse layer and smooth. Chill
the cake, and pour the slightly cooled ganache over it. Cool it in the refrigerator.

Serve it at room temperature. Original recipe is from www.portuguesegirlcooks.com , I just modified it a little bit.

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Do pre neki dan sam mislila da volim zimu. I jesam volela, ono sto uz nju ide. Sneg, praznike, okicenu jelku, peceno kestenje, kuvano vino...
Posle svih zima provedenih po ledenom Cikaskom vremenu, kosave, snega koji nikako da se otopi, minusa koji ne popusti do aprila, ove godine po prvi put ne mogu da docekam prolece. Valjda je i ova torta zato ovako veselo zuta, vocna i sve oko nje pastelno.

Jako je lagana i fina, a umesto manga mozete da koristite i neko drugo voce, umesto rolata, piskote. Zbog duzine recepta izgleda malo komplikovano, ali se u sustini jako brzo napravi. Nas je odusevila.































Potrebno vam je za rolat:
4 velika jaja, 3 kasike secera, 4 kasike brasna, malo vanile, malo naribane limunove korice.
Umutite belanca sa secerom u cvrst sneg. Dodajte zumanca, vanilu, limunovu koricu i lagano izmesajte pa dodajte brasno. Kada se smesa ujednaci, pecite u plehu 28x38 cm.na 180C 10-15 min. ili dok se korica blago ne zarumeni. Topao rolat uvijte u vlazni salvet i sacekajte da se ohladi. Ohladjeno premazite sa par kasika dzema od kajsije ili narandze.

Lagano savijajte koricu, ali motajte cvrsto i napravite male rolatice od trecine kore. Presecite, motajte novi rolatic, presecite koru i zatim namotajte poslednji rolat. Trebalo bi da dobijete tri rolatica precnika oko 2 cm. Stavite na pleh i ohladite 20-ak minuta u frizeru da bi se lakse sekao rolat.
Ohladjeno secite na snitice debljine oko 5 mm.
Na tanjir na kome cete sluziti tortu stavite obruc kalupa precnika 22 cm. i prvo redjajte parcice rolatica u krug a zatim po dnu tanjira.

Sirupom napravljenim od 2 kasike secera, 1 kasike vode, 1 kasike limunovog soka, 1 kasike ruma i 1 kasicice vanile premazite dobijene stranice i dno kolaca.

Za kremu vam je potrebno:
450 gr. manga (kajsije, breskve) 75 gr. secera, 2 kasike limunovog soka, 3 1/2 kasicice zelatina (kasicica je zapremine 5 ml) i 500 ml. slatke pavlake.
Ispasirajte mango ili neko drugo voce stapnim mikserom. Procedite kroz cedku da ostranite zaostale sitne komadice. U trecinu vocnog pirea dodajte zelatin i ostavite 5 minuta da malo nabubri.
U preostali pire dodajte secer i limunov sok. Pire sa zelatinom ugrejte na tihoj vatri dok se ne otopi pa pomesajte sa preostalim pireom. Stavite u frizider da se hladi a vi za to vreme umutite slatku pavlaku u cvrst sneg. Umucenu je pomesajte sa vocem i izlijte u kalup preko poredjanih rolatica.
Stavite u frizider da se stegne a za to vreme napravite glazuru.

Za glazuru vam je potrebno:
3/4 kasicice zelatina (4 ml) 7 kasika soka od manga (kajsija, breskva, narandza), 40 gr. secera.
Preko polovine soka sipajte zelatin, pustite da malo nabubri, ugrejte lagano dok se otopi, sjedinite sa preostalim sokom kome ste dodali secer i sipajte preko kolaca.


Vazno je da vam torta bude na ravnoj povrsini dok se glazura hladi. Ja sam moju gurnula u frizider a nisam ni primetila da resetka ne stoji ravno, pa je glazure bilo vise na jednom kraju torte nego na drugom.









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Mango mousse cake

for the rolls:

4 eggs, 4 tablespoons flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, ½ teaspoon lemon zest.
Beat egg whites with sugar until stiff. Add egg yolks, vanilla, lemon zest, mix gently, add flour. Bake in 28x38 cm. pan with parchment paper 10-15 min. While still warm, roll it with wet kitchen towel. Let it cool. Unroll, spared few tablespoons of apricot preserve. Roll into a small roulade, 2 cm thick. Cut, and continue rolling and cutting until you get 3 rolls. Freeze the rolls so you will be able to slice them evenly.
Instead of rolls you can use ladyfingers, for quick and easy preparation:)

Cut marmalade rolls each about 5 mm thick. Line the sides and the bottom of the 9 inch cake pan with slices.
Brush them with syrup made with 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon water, 1lemon juice, 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Make the mousse:

450 gr. mango, 75 gr. sugar, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 3 1/2 teaspoons gelatin, 500 ml. heavy cream.
Puree the mango flesh with the sugar and lemon juice. Strain to remove fiber from mango.
Put one third of the mango puree into the pot and stir in the gelatin. Let the gelatin soften, and warm over low heat, stirring until dissolves. Remove and add remaining mango puree, and allow to cool. While cooling, whip the cream. Stir in mango into the whipped cream, and scoop the mango mousse into the cake pan and spread it evenly.
Chill, and prepare glaze mixture:
For the glaze, you will need,

¾ teaspoon gelatin, 7 tablespoons mango or orange juice, 40 grams sugar.
Stir the gelatin into half of the juice and let it soften. Heat the rest of the juice with sugar until sugar dissolves. Add softened gelatin and stir until it dissolves. Cool it a little bit, and pour over the cake. Let it set before serving.

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Ovaj rolat je zapravo trebao da bude torta. Krenula sam bila sa nekim izmenama i na kraju odustala od torte i za probu napravila rolat. Ispao je odlicno i pravi se brzo. Nisam bas cekala da se dobro ohladi pa je presek zato malo razmrljan.
Kada sam po njemu poredjala maline, svi smo se po kuci uzmuvali, jedva se sacekalo da par puta okinem i radile su viljuske :)
Ako hocete tortu, samo uvecajte mere.

Potrebno vam je:
6 jaja, 6 kasika secera, 3 kasike brasna, 3 kasike kakaa, 1 kasika ruma, 1 kasika ulja.
Belanca ulupajte sa secerom, dodajte zumanca pomesana sa kasikom ruma i uljem, lagano promesajte, pa dodajte brasno posejano sa kakaom. Pecite i jos vruc rolat urolajte u vlaznu krpu. Dok se hladi napravite krem.

Za kremu vam je potrebno:
112 gr. putera, 100 gr. prah secera, 5 kasika prosejanog kakaa, 2 kasike ruma, kasicica vanile, 125gr. slatke pavlake, 1 slag fix.

Omekasli puter penasto umutite sa rumom i vanilom, dodajte prosejani prah secer i kakao i umestajte polako varjacom da ne bi zavrsili u slatkom oblaku ukoliko ukljucite mikser. Kada se malo ujednaci nastavite da mutite miskerom dok smesa ne postane kremasta. Sjedinite sa ulupanom slatkom pavlakom i slag fiksom i nafilujte rolat.
Urolajte i prelijte glazurom od 125 gr. pavlake i 125 gr. cokolade.
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Cocoa rum roulade


6 eggs, 6 tablespoons sugar, 3 tablespoons flour, 3 tablespoons cocoa, 1 tablespoon dark rum, 1 tablespoon oil.
Line baking sheet with parchment; coat with cooking spray. Dust with flour; tap out excess, and set aside. Preheat the oven to 350F.
Beat egg whites with sugar until medium peek. Add egg yolks mixed with rum and oil and using a large rubber spatula, carefully fold in sifted flour with cocoa powder.
Spread batter evenly into prepared sheet. Bake until springy to the touch. While still hot, roll into the wet kitchen towel.



For the filling;

112 gr. butter, 100 gr. confectioner sugar, 5 tablespoons cocoa powder, 2 tablespoons dark rum, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 125 gr. heavy cream, 1 envelope whip it.

Cream the softened butter with vanilla and rum. Add sifted confectioners sugar with cocoa powder. Mix with spatula at first, and continue creaming with mixer.

Whip heavy cream with one envelope of whip it until stiff and stir it into the butter mixture. Unroll the roulade, spared cream on it, and roll again.
Coat it with chocolate ganache made with 125gr. of heavy cream and 125 gr. of chocolate.

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Jako sam se obradovala kada je za ovomesecnu igru Kuvarijacija odabran medovik po receptu Badrubuldure.  Pravila sam ga na Badnji dan i bio je nas Bozini kolac. Ovo na slici je ono sto je ostalo od njega, jer je jedan deo otisao u goste, drugi smo mi sa nasim gostima rezali, pa ni nemam sliku celog kolaca.
Ukus mi se jako svideo. Korice me podsecaju na moju medenu pitu a ono sto daje posebni smek ovom kolacu je krema od kisele pavlake. Secer sam smanjila i dodala sam vanilu, posto bez nje ne pravim gotovo ni jedan slatkis.
Naredni put cu raditi manje korica, onako kako je to Maja uradila, jer su moji parcici bili ogromantni sto se i vidi na slikama. Majo, fenomenalno si ga napravila :)
 Neke od korica sam malo prepekla, pa se vide razne nijanse zlatne boje, ali to ukusu nije ni malo smetalo. Ne valja ovo raditi dok ste na telefonu :)
Kolac je divan, mekan, mirisljav i topi se u ustima :)

Prenosim vam skracenu verziju originalnog recepta, posto je onaj po meni preobiman i ne bas dovoljno precizan:

3 jaja, 200gr. secera, 3 kasike meda, 3 kasike otopljenog putera, 2 kafene kasicice sode bikarbone, 400 gr. brasna.

Jaja i secer kuvajte na pari uz neprestano mesanje dok se smesa ne udvostruci. Puter otapajte sa medom i jos topao dodajte smesi od jaja. Mutite jos malo na pari, pa zatim dodajte sodu bikarbonu. U toplu smesu dodajte brasno i dobro izmesajte. Dobicete mekano testo koje treba pokriti najlonom da se ne bi susilo i stvrdnulo. Dok tanjite testo praskajte brasnom. Moje je bilo jako fino i svileno, nije zahtevalo previse brasna, mada u komentarima vidim da je kolicina varirala od 400-700gr.
U originalnom receptu su korice tanjene na pek papiru. Meni je bilo jednostavnije da ih tanjim na prevrnutom plehu i pecem jednu za drugom. Posto imam dve tave iste velicine, jedna se pekla, druga tanjila tako da je islo jako brzo. Pecenje svake korice je trajalo izmedju 4 i 5 minuta, na 175C, dobila sam 6 korica od jedne mere. Vodite racuna da se ne pomerate od rerne, kao ja :) jer ce neke korice biti svetlije druge tamnije. Ispecene pokrijte da se ne suse i dok se peku napravite nadev za tortu.

Od kada je Mirjana objavila recept za ovu tortu, nisam mogla da docekam da je napravim. Trebala mi je kandirana narandzina korica, a u prodavnicama jos nije bilo bio-narandzi. Cim su se pojavile, napravila sam arancini. Od cetiri narandze sam dobila jednu teglu fino zalivenu sirupom. Nisam ih valjala u kristal secer ni prelivala cokoladom, jer sam resila da od ove ture pravim par finih kolaca. Pored Mirjanine torte koju sam radila za Novu godinu, napravila sam i ove cokoladne kolacice a na listi mi je jos jedan fini kolac sa marcipanom i narandzom koji cu raditi za Bozic.
Torta je mirisljava, aromaticna i pravo cokoladna. Zaista je predivna i brzo se priprema. Ja sam dodala arancine i u biskvit i tortu sam  pre prelivanja cokoladom malo poprskala rumom.
Mirjana, hvala za jos jedan sjajan recept.

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Chocolate cake with candied orange peel

100 gr. candied orange peel, 350 gr. dark chocolate, 225 gr. butter, 80 ml. orange juice, 85 gr. flour, 230 gr. almond meal, 5 eggs, 300 gr. sugar, grated orange peel.


Preheat the oven to 350F/180C and butter 8 inch springform pan.

Put the dark chocolate and butter in the top of a double broiler over simmering water, and gently melt stirring occasionally. Set aside to cool. Add warm orange juice and a little bit of grated orange peel.
Beat egg yolks with half of the sugar until pale. Mix in melted chocolate mixture. Add almonds and flour. Beat the egg whites in a bowl with other half of sugar and fold them into the batter.

Transfer the batter to the prepared pan, and bake for 45-50 min.
Cool and cover with chocolate ganache.
For the ganache, melt 200 gr. chocolate and 200 ml. heavy cream in the top of a double broiler. Cool it for a few minutes and cover the cake.
Decorate with 100gr. of candied orange peel.

Beze korice su moja slaba tacka. Volim ih u svim mogucim varijantama i ne znam nikoga koga su ostavile ravnodusnim. Mogu da budu raskosno lepe, ili pomalo rusticne, bas kao ova. Ima bezboroj kombinacija i ja ne mogu da odolim ni jednoj.
Sa kokosom, cokoladom i tropskim vocem,  ili sa slagom, cokoladom i malinama.
Ovaj recept sam negde videla nedavno, ali ga nisam zapisala, jer nije problem napraviti ga "odokativno" :)
Imala sam puno belanaca, neka su ostala od Jasenkine torte, i jos par komada koja su ostala pre toga, pa sam mere prilagodila onome sto sam imala. Beze korice su standardne, tu nije bilo iznenadjenja, ali me je krema odusevila. Fina i u nekoj drugoj torti ali i kao samostalni desert, uzivanje na kvadrat, a jednostavna za napraviti.
Potrebno vam je:
8 belanca, 250 gr. secera, 1 kasika gustina, 1 kasicica limunovog soka, kasicica vanile.

U belanca dodajte limunov sok i mutite. Kada postane penasto, pocnite postepeno da dodajete secer i mutite dok se ne istopi. Lagano umesajte kasiku gustina i vanilu.
Na pek papiru nacrtajte 3 pravougaonika dimenzija 30x15cm. Okrenite papir da belanca ne dodju u dodir sa olovkom.  Smesu podelite na tri dela, nanesite na pravougaonik i poravnajte fino kasikom. Susite u zagrejanoj rerni na 140C sat i petnaest minuta i ostavite da se ohlade u iskljucenoj rerni. Ako volite hrskavije korice susite malo duze.

Za nadev:
500 ml. slatke pavlake, 2 krem fiksa, 300 gr. kesten pirea, 100 gr.baileys likera.
Pavlaku i krem fiks umutite u cvrst sneg. Kesten pire mutite postepeno dodavajuci liker pa sjedinite lagano sa pavlakom. Nafilujte korice, gornju ostavite bez nadeva. Dekorisite po zelji.
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Chestnut meringue

Ingredients:


8 egg whites, 250 gr. sugar, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 tablespoon corn starch.

Draw 3 rectangles, each 30x15 cm , on baking parchment and place on cookie sheets.
Whisk the egg whites and lemon juice until standing in soft peaks, adding sugar slowly and continue whisking until the mixture is very stiff and glossy. Carefully fold in vanilla, corn starch.

Spoon the mixture on the drawen rectangles.

Bake in a preheated oven 275F/140C, for 1 hour 15 min. Without opening the oven door, turn off the oven and let the meringues cool inside the oven, then peel away the baking parchment.
While the meringues are cooling, make the filling.
Whip 500 ml. heavy cream with 2 envelopes of whip it. Set a side.Mix chestnut puree by slowly adding bailey's liquor. Carfulu fold in heavy cream.

Place meringue on a plate and top with one half of the cream. Place the second meringue on the top and spread with other half of the remaining cream.

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Ovo je druga Jasenkina torta koju sam do sada napravila i po drugi put sam odusevljena. Juce smo isli u goste, kod prijatelja koji su se nedavno vencali a cije smo vencanje na zalost propustili.
Trebala mi je lepa, bogata torta koja ce se razlikovati od nasih klasicnih torti. Ova je bas takva. Korice su jako lepe, mekane i dobroooo sam ih natopila rumom. Napravila sam ih dan ranije i ispekla u dva pleha da ne bi morala da presecam biskvit na pola.
Iako obozavam cokoladu, ovde me je vanil krema oborila s nogu. Sipka vanile je odradila fantastican posao.
Cokoladna krema je pravo cokoladna, dodala sam joj mrvicu instant kafe, jer to cokoladi daje jos intenzivniji ukus.
Dekorisala sam je samo ulupanom slatkom pavlakom i vanilom.
Jedino sam zaboravila mikser dok se pavlaka mutila, pa je previse ulupana i nije bas tako glatko stajala na torti.
Teska srca sam se rastala od tortice, ali usput smo nekog njome obradovali :)
Draga Jasenka, hvala za jos jedan sjajan recept :)



Vanilla chocolate cake (recipe from Sweet corner)

My thanks to Menu turistico for a wonderful recipe.

Recept za ovu tortu sam nedavno nasla na blogu Menu turistico i jedva sam cekala da je isprobam. Torta je bas onakva kakve volim. Par jednostavnih i kvalitetnih sastojaka. Imam jos par recepata sa kestenom koje bi da isprobam, ali posto nam predstoji sezona praznika, i njih cu uskoro podeliti sa vama.
Ovo nije tako velika torta, pravila sam je tek da obelezim svoj rodjendan, ali prema potrebi je mozete uvecati.
Biskvit me je odusevio, mekan je, vlazan i lagan, krema je jako fina, jedino bi volela da je ukus kestena malo intenzivniji.
Na kraju sam je posula kakaom i dekorisala karamelisanim kestenjem.

Potrebno vam je za biskvit:
100 gr. pirea od kestena, 100 gr. cokolade, 100 gr. putera, 4 jaja, 30 gr. brasna, 1/2 kasicice praska za pecivo, 2 kasike secera.
Ugrejte rernu na 180C i pripremite dva kalupa od po 20cm oblozena pek papirom.
Cokoladu i puter otopite na pari, prohaldite. Zumaca dobro umutite sa kasikom secera, pa dodajte kesten pire. Sjedinite sa otopljenom cokoladom i puterom. Dodajte belanca umucena sa kasikom secera, lagano promesajte, pa umesajte brasno sa praskom za pecivo.
Sipajte u pripremljene kalupe i pecite oko 25-35 minuta.

Za nadev:
200 gr. cokolade, 300 gr. slatke pavlake, 200 gr. kesten pirea, 1 kasicica kafe, 1 kasika ruma.
Ugrejte slatku pavlaku,a li ne dozvolite da prokljuca, pa prelijte preko useckane cokolade kojoj ste dodali kasicicu kafe. Ohladite, umutite kratko i dodajte kesten pire i rum. Mutite jos malo i time nafilujte tortu.
Napravila sam malu izmenu u receptu. Izbacila sam kafu, i koristila sam mlecnu cokoladu, jer sam htela da ukus kestena bude dominantan.
Torta je posuta kakaom i dekorisana karamelisanim kestenjem.

Peceno kestenje oljustite, isprzite secer, ali vodite racuna da ne pregori. Svaki kestencic bocnite viljuskom i provucite kroz przeni secer. Stavite na podmascen tanjir da se hladi, kako se kesten ne bi zalepio


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Danas smo po prvi put slavili rodjendan koji pocinje sa brojem cetiri. Misa je nekako izgurao sve ove godine mog eksperimetnisanja u kuhinji i danas bio nagradjen ovom predivnom tortom. U medjuvremenu je strpljivo probavao sve recepte, kako one dobre tako i one koji nisu bas tako lepo uspeli.
Recept za ovu tortu sam pronasla par dana pre njegovog rodjendana i nisam mogla da docekam da je napravim. Juce sam se snabdela cokoladama i krenula u akciju. Za tortu je potrebno po trista grama tamne cokolade, mlecne i bele. Dok sam mami danas preko telefona prepricalvala recept pitala me je zasto mu jednostavno nisam dala jednu od tih cokolada, posto u torti inace nema mnogo drugih sastojaka :)
Bilo mi je zao sto nije mogla da je proba, jer bi tek tada shvatila kakav je ovo raj za nepce. Totalni hedonizam i san svakog cokoholicara.
Dan bio uzasno oblacan pa fotka nije bas onakva kakva bi ja htela da bude, ali je ukus raskosno lep, bogat, luksuzan. Torta je za posebne prilike, one svecanije i ne pravi se svakog dana. Zato pokusajte da pronadjete sto kvalitetniju cokoladu, jer cela torta sadrzi samo par sastojaka. Radila sam je sa belgijskom cokoladom, baileys likerom i finom madagaskar vanilom. Ovo nije jedan od recepata u kome se moze stediti na sastojcima, zato ako resite da isprobate, pokusajte da pronadjete one najbolje.





















Pocastili smo se i bajaderom, korpicama i zrnima kafe, bez kojih vise ne prodje ni jedno slavlje, ali za to vec imate recepte, tako da mozemo da predjemo na tortu :)
















Potrebno vam je:
50 gr. cokolade koja ce vam biti podloga za mus

Za mus od tamne cokolade:
280 gr. tamne cokolade
110 gr. putera
2 kasicice nes kafe
1-2 kasike vrele vode
4 jaja
2 kasike secera

Za mus od mlecne cokolade:
280 gr. mlecne cokolade
4 kasicice kafe
40 ml. vrele vode
375 ml. slatke pavlake

Za mus od bele cokolade:
280 gr. bele cokolade
30 ml. vode
3 kasike baileys likera
1 kasicica dobre vanile
375 ml. slatke pavlake

Za izradu torte ce vam biti potreban kalup velicine 20 cm. cije se dno skida.
Na pek papiru ocrtajte unutrasnjost kalupa nakon sto odvojite dno. Okrenite papir sa druge strane, kako olovka ne bi dosla u dodir sa hranom.
50 gr. cokolade otopite na pari i sipajte na sredinu kruga. Kasikom pazljivo razmazite vodeci racuna da ne predjete ivice kruga. Stavite u frizider dok ne ocvrsne. Dobicete cokoladni disk. Pazljivo ga prebacite na tanjir na kome cete servirati tortu. Preko cokoladnog diska stavite stranice rasklopljenog obruca od kalupa i zatvorite, tako da vam disk bude umesto dna.
Na taj nacin se mus nece zalepiti za tanjir, tako da cete moci lepo da servirate.

Za tamni mus, cokoladu i puter otopite na pari. Sklonite sa vatre i umesajte kafu koju ste otopili u malo vrele vode i zumanca.
Mutite belanca sa dve kasike secera dok ne dobijete cvrst sneg, ali ne previse ulupan. Dodajte smesu od cokolade i lagano mesajte dok se smesa ne ujednaci. Odmah sipajte preko cokoladnog diska u kalup. Stavite u frizider da se hladi.

Za mus od mlecne cokolade, kafu otopite u vreloj vodi, dodajte useckanu cokoladu i lagano na pari otapajte. Mesajte dok se smesa ne ujednaci. Prohladite, cokolada bi trebala biti mlaka.
Slatku pavlaku ulupajte, dodajte otopljenu cokoladu i pazljivo izmesajte. Odmah prelijte preko sloja od tamne cokolade. Vratite u frizider da se hladi a vi napravite mus od bele cokolade.

Prokljucajte vodu, stavite useckanu belu cokoladu i opet otapajte na pari mesajuci. Sklonite sa vatre, dodajte liker i vanilu. Prohladite dok smesa ne postane mlaka.
Ulupajte slatku pavlaku i pazljivo umesajte smesu od topljene bele cokolade. Izlijte odmah u kalup preko sloja od mlecne cokolade. Lepo poravnjate, pazljivo poklopite necim i ostavite u frizider da prenoci.
Pre nego servirate, kalup kratko obmotajte krpom koju ste namocili u vrucu vodu kako bi se mus opustio i kalup lakse skinuo. Otvorite stranice kalupa i pazljivo izvucite. Secite vlazim toplim nozem i servirajte hladno.
Uzivajte :)

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Ingredients:
1 ounce of bittersweet chocolate.

If you are using dessert ring, place on a flat plate or tray. If not, have ready the springform or cheesecake pan. Trace circle on parchment paper and turn parchment upside down on baking sheet.
Melt chocolate in water bath and spread evenly in traced circle. Refrigerate for at least 10 minutes until hardened. When hard, turn paper upside down and peel gently way from chocolate. Place chocolate disk in bottom of the serving plate and refrigerate until needed.


For dark chocolate mousse:
10 ounces bittersweet chocolate, cut into bits
4 ounces (1 stick ) butter cut into small pieces
2 teaspoons instant coffee dissolved in 2 teaspoons water
4 large eggs
2 tablespoons sugar
Melt chocolate and butter together in a bowl placed in a pan of barely simmering water. Stir form time to time. When chocolate is melted whisk in dissolved coffee powder and yolks. Remove from heat and set aside.
Beat egg whites and sugar until soft peaks form, until stiff but not dry. Fold remaining whites into mixture until completely incorporated. Scrape mousse immediately into prepared mold and refrigerate.

Make the mocha mousse.
9 ounces milk chocolate cut into pieces
4 teaspoons instant coffee dissolved in the 1/1 cup plus 1 tablespoon water
1 1/2 cup heavy cream
Place chocolate and coffee in heatproof bowl placed in a pan of barely simmering water. Stir form time to time until melted. Let chocolate cool to about 85 F.
Whip cream until soft peaks form, not to stiff. Fold chocolate carefully. The mousse should seem very soft. Scrape mousse immediately into mold.

Make the white chocolate mousse.
9 ounces white chocolate cut into small pieces (use nestle or lindt, or another high quality brand)
1 ¼ cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon good vanilla
2 teaspoons baileys liquor
Place chocolate and ¼ cup water in heatproof bowl. Set the bowl of chocolate in pan of simmering water. Stir until melted and smooth. Let cool and stir in vanilla and liquor.
Whip the cream until soft peaks form, not to stiff. Fold cream into cooled white chocolate mixture. The mousse will seem soft. Scrape mousse immediately into mold.
Cool overnight.

To unmold, warm the sides of ring briefly with a hot, wet, wrung out towel and slip it off of dessert by pulling up with both hands.
Dessert may be refrigerated in the pan covered up to two dates or frozen up to 2 months.

Na blog uglavnom stavljam svoje recepte i nikako da dodju na red oni oprobani recepti sa coolinarike u kojima vec duze vreme uzivamo.
Zaista je tesko izdvojiti par njih u moru dobrih.
Od svih recepata, mislim da najcesce radim Brankine i one od Mignonne. Kod Mignonne sam nasla sve one besprekorno napravljene slatkise koje dolaze iz mog Leskovca. Mnoge od njih sam bila u prilici da probam cesto dok smo bili kuci, dok su ostali za mene novi, ali na neki nacin karakteristicni za nas kraj.


Nasuprot tome, Branikini recepti su za mene bili nesto sasvim novo i bas zato su me i privukli da ih isprobam. Mnoge stvari koje sam od Branke naucila se u nasoj kuci nisu radile, ali sam zato njima bila totalno odusevljena i sada su to za nas vec nezamenljivi recepti bez kojih ne prodje ni jedna nedelja.


Ovog puta cu izdvojiti samo neke za koje imam sacuvane fotografije, mada ste mnoge Lanine recepte vec videli na ovoj stranici.
Juce su bili na tapetu Kroasani od Mignonne.




































Vec je suvisno reci da su bili savrseni. Najcesce sam spremala zrna kafe, jer ih obozavamo. Tokom leta sam isprobavala jos par recepata, i jako mi je zao sto zbog guzve oko raspusta i gomile dece nisam stigla da ih slikam.
Svi su bili fantasticni.

Tortica za jednu bebu je radjena po Minjoncicinom receptu za patofnice :))))



















Brankine raviole sam pravila vec puno puta. U pocetku su mislila da je napraviti ih jako komplikovano, trebalo je napraviti testo, razvaljati,seci...Ali je zato rezultat fantastican. Testo je jako fino a najcesce sam ih punila rikotom i spanacem ili sirom i prsutom.







































Pappardelle su divne, samo nikako nisam mogla da pronadjem link koji vodi do recepta. Mislim da je bio kod Branke na blogu, pa moram da je zamolim da nam pomogne kada bude svratila.
Inace, pappardelle savreseno idu uz bogata jela sa puno sosa i jela od divljaci.















Labneh je bio prava atrakcija na cooliki i mislim nema nekog ko ih nije isprobao. Recept je originalno od Monsoon ali ga je Branka podelila sa nama, pa zato uvek ove kremaste loptice vezujem za nju.
Jako su dekorativne i ukusne.































Da ne zaboravim da spomenem i njoke.
Za mene takodje novina. Kupila sam ih par puta, ali nisam bila odusevljena jer nisu imale puno ukusa i bile su pomalo gumenaste.
Svi su koji su isprobali Brankin recept su bili odusevljeni jer su bile jako lagane i pahuljaste, cista suprotnost onome sto sam ja dobila nakon kuvanja njoki iz supermarketa. Medjutim, ovaj recept je bio nesto potpuno drugacije. Jako su nam se svidele.








































Nadam se da cete naci malo vremena da isprobate barem neki od ovih recepata, a ja samo mogu da se jos jednom zahvalim Mignonne i Branki jer su ono sto znaju podelile sa nama.