Sandwich brownie cookies filled with spiced ganache

 My friend asked for something with lots of chocolate today. So how about stuffing brownies with chocolate??  Spiced chocolate!!!













Ingredients:

1 Box of fudge brownies mix
2 Eggs
1/3 Cup of oil

Ganache:

9 Oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1 1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
1/3 teaspoon of nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon
1tbs of orange liqueur (optional)

How to:

Mix the brownie mix with the eggs and oil till well combined

on a greased cookie sheet, drop round tablespoons of the batter 2 inches apart.

Bake at 350 for 14 min. Remove from the oven and transfer cookies to cooling rack with a metal spatula. let it cool.

Make the ganache by combining all the ingredients in a microwave safe bowl and heat it for 3 to 4 min.
Mix all till creamy and  smooth bring to the fridge to set and cool.

Place one teaspoon one one side of the cookie and top with another cookie.

 And enjoy!

These are for the chocolate strong! Are you chocolate strong???


Hope you all like it!
Have a great weekend!

xo,
Tati

So I finally got that oven. Part deux

1 year of cake decorating classes and these are what I came up with... lol
In my defense and for the reputation  of  ICE,  I'm just out of practice and short on the materials.

Here I made marble cake filled with dulce de leche topped with cream cheese ganache.
And simple vanilla and chocolate cupcakes topped with the ganache and fondant.













Ganache recipe

2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate shaves or chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups of cream cheese
2 spoons of Countreaul or any orange liquor
4 TBS of confectioners sugar
2 TSP of vanilla extract

How to:

Start by mixing the sugar, liquor and vanilla
Melt the chocolate in low heat
in a large bowl, mix the cream cheese with the sugar mixture and fold in the melted chocolate
until well combined.

Now we are ready to decorate!


You will need a cake

 Cut for layers of filling

 Stack and spread

Yeah... It could be better right?! :DDD



So here is where the madness begins...

That's all folks!!!

Keep posted for my next recipe.  Hope you liked my super post. And I hope you try these recipes.
Until next time.
Xoxo
Tati

Bringing Brigadeiro to America. By plane.

Legend says that the popular Brazilian bonbon, was named after Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes. An air marshal and politician of the early days in Brazil. Nobody has much idea why. So you just gonna have to trust the popular word on this!
But nevertheless, it's yummy, ease, and very popular in Brazil.  And it's gaining popularity over here in America quiet fast. At least on my surroundings...  Try this and see for yourself why!
Here is brigadeiro on Wiki.




  
Ingredients:
1 can of sweet condensed milk
2 TBS of butter
3 to 4 TBS of semi-sweet good quality cocoa powder.

How to:

In a saucepan, pour the condensed milk, the butter and the cocoa.
Stir all of the ingredients and bring it to a low heat stirring slowly.

As it starts to boil, increase the stirring speed and keep stirring until it's not sticking to the
pan. It takes about 3 min after it starts boiling. But you will have to make your own judgment of that...

Turn off the heat and pour the brigadeiro over a plate or parchment paper to cool down.

When it's completely cooled, roll it into bonbons. Roll the bonbons over chopped nuts, sprinkles, coconut or whatever you like.

This makes very good alternative to the same old box of chocolates on V-day.
It's home made and very delicious.  When I make these, I hardly get to roll them into bonbons. I eat it right off the plate!

Happy Xoxoxoxo day!!!

Chocolate Covered Saltines

I'm back!!!
And I have a easy recipe to share with you! So easy, the kids will love to help on this one.
Try it this holiday! 












Ingredients:
1 whole sleeve of saltine crackers
1 cup of sugar
2 sticks of melted butter (cooled down)
1 package of semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 package of chopped walnuts

Carrot Cake & ganache

  Unlikely the usual carrot cake,  I replaced the cream cheese frosting with a easy to make delicious to eat chocolate frosting,
and dismissed all the spices that goes into the batter, to get a lighter and delicate cake.
 It's a good option for birthdays, breakfast or about any time. And it's easy enough to make. I absolutely love this cake!
But that's only me...



Ingredients:

• 3 Large Carrots peeled and sliced
• 3 Large eggs
• 1 Cup of oil
• 1 1/2 cup of sugar
• 2 cups of flour
• 1 TBS of baking powder

Frosting:

• 1 cup of semi-sweet dark chocolate
• 1 Can of ***Table Cream** You can find it in most supermarkets now a days in the Spanish isle. It's called **La crema** Picture inserted** or you may use heavy cream.

How to cake:

In a blender mix together the sliced carrots, the eggs and the oil.



Transfer mix to a large bowl add the sugar and mix well. Mix in the flour and baking powder and mix all till smooth.



Pour into a greased and floured cake pan and bake for 40 min on a 350 degree oven.



How to ganache: 
*****Do not do the frosting until the cake is cooled down**



Mix the chocolate and the cream table together on a pot and bring to a low heat mixing till all the chocolate is melted.



Cover the cake with the ganache and enjoy.



****Note: Since I made this cake for a friend's birthday, I added a little deco to it.****