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The Football Cake By Deliciously URS
Football fans where are you all?!! Deliciously URS has got the yummiest cake for you, just in time for the FIFA World Cup 2022
We Goans are extremely passionate about the game and it will have us glued to the television for nearly a month. As we cheer for our favourite teams, let us bake a football - I mean an edible one!
Get your baking pans out and let’s bake a super impressive cake for all your loved ones and family. Game on!
For the Choco ate Cake
Ingredients cups all-purpose flour cups sugar /4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoons baking sod teaspoon salt teaspoon espresso powder homemade or storebought cup milk or buttermilk, almond, or coconut milk ½ cup vegetable oil or canola oil, or melted coconut oil large eggs tsp vanilla extract ethod
Preheat oven to 0º F
Prepare two -inch cake pans by spraying with baking spray or buttering and lightly flouring
Add flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and espresso powder to a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer Whisk through to combine or, using your paddle attachment, stir through flour mixture until combined well
Add milk, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla to the flour mixture and mix together on medium speed until well combined
Distribute the cake batter evenly between the two prepared cake pans.
Bake for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the center of the chocolate cake comes out clean
Remove from the oven and allow to cool for
about 10 minutes, remove from the pan and cool completely.
9. Once cooled spread the chocolate ganache generously over the cake and assemble the cake. Cover the cake with white fondant.
10. Now cut green and black fondant into hexagonal shapes and arrange them over the white fondant. Once you are done with the placement. Start sticking the hexagonal shapes with alternate colours (green and black) as seen in the picture
You could decorate it with flower cut-outs as shown in the picture and Voila your FIFA inspired cake is ready!
For the Ganache
Deliciously URS makes their Chocolate ganache from the finest chocolate, that’s why there is a luxurious touch to all our cakes
How much cream to use in Chocolate Ganache ? The amount of cream required will vary depending on which chocolate you use because dark chocolate is firmer than white chocolate.
So, we use more cream for dark chocolate and less for white chocolate to achieve the same ganache consistency.
You can follow CHOCOLATE to CREAM RATIO as follows :
Dark Chocolate Ganache - 1:1 (eg 250g dark chocolate & 250g cream) Milk Chocolate Ganache - 3:1 (eg. 250g milk chocolate & 60g cream)
Step 1 : Finely chop the chocolate and put it into a bowl.
Step 2 : Place cream in a small saucepan over brain marie. Or heat it in microwave. Heat the cream ONLY until hot and steaming, but DO NOT let it boil – it might cause the chocolate to split or go grainy. Step 3 : Pour hot cream over the chocolate. Wait 10 minutes. Do not cover. Step 4 : Using a rubber spatula or spoon, stir until cream and chocolate are incorporated and it's silky smooth. Note : Ensure that the cream is full fat in order for the ganache to turn thick and luscious. Heavy cream, whipping cream and thickened whipping cream will all work.
(Do not use low-fat cream. It won’t give you the desired results.)
About the Author : Greta Fernandes is a Mumbai-based Goan. She is a self-taught baker and runs Deliciously URS, an online confectionery that specialises in sugar free cakes. Deliciously URS provides pan India deliveries of brownies, cookies, and tea cakes – both, sugar-free and regular versions.
To place orders for cakes and other confections from Deliciously URS, contact Greta on:
WhatsApp: 8369880446
Facebook: @deliciouslyursbygreta
Instagram: @deliciously__urs
Website: https://deliciouslyurs.com
