Thursday, May 6, 2010

Creole Cake (chocolate)

Dry Ingredients
4 cups A.P. Flour
4 cups sugar
1 tbsp baking soda
1 cup dutched cocoa
1 tsp salt

Wet Ingredients
2 cups buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
1 ½ cups melted butter
3 eggs

2 cups boiling water – DON’T ADD TILL END

1. Preheat oven to 350 deg. (300 deg for convection oven)
2. Prepare desired cake pan. Grease, Flour and line bottom w/ parchment.
a. You can use cake release spray instead – flour added
3. Sift dry ingredients
4. Mix together wet ingredients
5. Pour wet ingredients in with dry ingredients.
6. Mix together well
7. Add boiling water, mix, scrape and immediately place in pan(s) and bake
Baking time is approx. 30 min.
Yields 3 – 9” rounds

Creole Cake Filling

½ cup whipping cream
¾ cup sugar
¾ cup raisins
1 cup walnuts

Boil for 1 minute and cool.

Creole Cake Pour over Frosting (Ganache Style)

4 cups Chocolate chips
1 cup heavy cream

Heat cream, pour over chips and stir till melted. May also be mixed in double boiler.

Creole Cake Frosting (Fudge style)

3 cups chocolate chips
1 ½ cups sour cream

Mix in double boiler till melted and smooth