Prajitura cu cafea si crema cu ciocolata alba / Coffee and white chocolate cake

Poate suna ciudat, dar eu ma bucur de perioada asta de carantina, pentru ca am timp sa gatesc (si sunt introvertita 😳 ). Si nu doar sa gatesc, ci sa si creez retete noi si combinatii de gusturi.

EN: Maybe it sounds weird, but I’m enjoying the quarantine because I have time to cook and bake (happy introvert 😳 ). And not only the basics, but also to create new recipes and new combinations of taste.

Si provocarea e cu atat mai mare pentru ca nu pot da fuga pana la magazin sa-mi cumpar ingrediente mai diverse. Trebuie sa ma descurc cu ce am prin bucatarie in momentul respectiv si sa fiu creativa.

EN: And baking is challenging these days because I can’t just go to the store and buy ingredients due to restrictions. I have to use whatever I have in the kitchen and get creative.

Am tot gatit zilele astea madlene, chec cu banane, tort cu mere (si da! am marit si timpul pentru workout ca sa compensez 😛 ), dar am simtit ca *le husband si-ar dori ceva cu crema, asa ca am facut o combinatie care sa ne multumeasca pe amandoi: cafea (eu) si ciocolata alba (el). Si rezultatul a fost unul delicios.

EN: During these past few days I’ve been baking madeleines, banana cake, upside-down apple cake (and yes! I did increase the workout time to compensate the amount of calories 😛 ), but I felt that *le husband would have wanted something with cream / icing / pudding, therefore I combined two of our favourite ingredients: coffee (for me) and white chocolate (for him). And the result was delicious.

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IngredientE pentru Blat

• 2 oua

• 50g unt topit

• 3 linguri faina

• 2 linguri cacao

• 2 linguri zahar

• un espresso (50ml cafea tare)

• 25g ciocolata neagra

• 1/2 lingurita praf de copt

• cateva picaturi esenta vanilie

• un praf de sare

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Instructiuni Pentru Blat

• Am topit untul pe baie de aburi si l-am lasat deoparte.
• Am preparat cafeaua, adica am apasat pe un buton 😀 .
• Intr-un bol, am mixat ouale impreuna cu zaharul pana si-au dublat volumul.
• Am adaugat cateva picaturi de esenta de vanilie, cafeaua, praful de sare, faina, cacaoa si praful de copt cernute. Am mixat toate ingredientele pana cand compozitia a devenit omogena.
• Am adaugat untul si ciocolata maruntita cu un cutit si am amestecat cu o lingura.
• Am turnat compozitia intr-o forma circulara, tapetata cu hartie de copt, cu diametrul de 20cm si am bagat-o in cuptorul preincalzit la 170°C pentru 20 minute.
• Cand a fost gata, am scos blatul din forma si l-am lasat la racit.

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IngredientE pentru crema

• 3 linguri zahar

• 2 linguri faina

• 500ml lapte

• 50g unt

• 50g ciocolata alba

• cateva picaturi esenta vanilie

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Instructiuni pentru crema

• Intr-o cratita mica, am pus zaharul si faina si le-am amestecat.
• Am turnat laptele putin cate putin.
• Am pus cratita pe foc mic si am amestecat cu telul continuu, pana cand compozitia s-a ingrosat si a devenit de consistenta unei budinci.
• Am luat de pe foc si am adaugat esenta de vanilie, ciocolata alba rupta bucati si untul.
• Am amestecat pana s-au incorporat toate ingredientele si am lasat la racit.
• Cand crema s-a racit, am pus deasupra blatului si am adaugat cateva fructe pentru un plus de savoare.

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Ingredients

• 2 eggs

• 50g melted butter

• 3 Tbsp all-purpose flour

• 2 Tbsp cocoa powder

• 2 Tbsp sugar

• 1 espresso (or 50ml of strong coffee)

• 25g dark chocolate

• 1/2 tsp baking powder

• a few drops of vanilla extract

• a pinch of salt

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Directions

• Melt the butter and set aside to cool until you prepare the rest of the batter. You can melt it in the microwave or on the stovetop.
• Prepare the espresso shot.
• Using a mixer, beat the eggs and sugar together until double in size.
• Add a few drops of vanilla extract, the espresso shot, salt, flour, cocoa, baking powder, and mix together until combined.
• Add the melted butter and the chocolate chopped with a knife and whisk together with a spoon.
• Coat a round pan of 20cm diameter with nonstick paper and pour the batter in. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven to 170°C.
• Remove cake from oven, remove it from the pan and let it cool completely.

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Ingredients for the cream frosting

• 3 Tbsp sugar

• 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour

• 500ml milk

• 50g butter

• 50g white chocolate

• a few drops of vanilla extract

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Directions

• Put sugar and flour in a saucepan and whisk together.
• Add milk, whisking constantly.
• Put the saucepan over low heat. Bring to a boil, and continue whisking until the mixture thickens and looks like a pudding.
• Set aside, add the vanilla drops, chocolate and butter.
• Whisk together so all the ingredients are melted and combined.
• Let it cool completely. When it’s cold, add it on top of the sponge cake and add some fruits for more flavour.

Enjoy!