Easy Chocolate Cake Recipes

Crepe is a type of very thin pancake, usually made with wheat flour. It is immensely popular in France and considered a national dish. Crepes are served with a variety of fillings which range from sugary to elaborate savoury fillings. Innovation is the key and chefs have come up with a wide variety of unusual fillings and crepe recipes. The French Crepe with Vanilla Ice-cream filling is a rather delicate dish and sure success to fine dining. The recipe for this dish is mentioned below.

Ingredients

· 250 ml Whole Milk

· 150 grams flour

· 2 large Eggs

· A pinch of Salt

· 1 Tablespoon Sugar

· 1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil or Butter

· 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract

· Vanilla Ice Cream

Description

Put all the Ingredients for the Crepe, except the Vanilla Ice cream in a mixing bowl and blend with a stick blender until the batter is smooth. Grease a cast-iron pan or a non stick pan over the flame and then apply the batter. Flip the crepe when one side is light brown and cook evenly. Cool down the Crepes Completely. Upon cooling, put one scoop of Vanilla Ice cream at the centre of every crepe and fold into a square pressing gently from all sides. Freeze the filled crepes for about 20 minutes in the freezer. Make sure that they are firm but not completely frozen. Prepare the sauce by adding 2 tbsp sugar, 2 shots Irish cream, 1 espresso and 2 tbsp chocolate sauce into 1 tbsp melted butter in a frying pan.

Serving on Plate

Cut each Crepe in 2 triangles and drizzle the sauce over it. Decorate the serving dish with banana scoops, cactus pear and star fruit.

Chocolate Truffle Sour Cream Bundt Cake

This cake is an amazing combination of chocolate and sour cream. This cake is sure to impress your guests and is definitely a party knockout. It is sure to add a whole new definition to fine dining. The recipe for this wonderful truffle cake is mentioned here.

Ingredients

· 2 ½ cups wheat flour

· 1 tsp powder espresso

· 1 cup cocoa powder

· 350 grams unsalted butter

· 3 cups sugar

· 1 cup sour cream

· 1 cup boiling water

· 5 large eggs

· 1 tsp vanilla extract

· 1 tsp baking soda

· ½ tsp salt

For the chocolate truffle

· ¼ tsp vanilla extract

· ½ tsp cocoa powder

· 2-3 tsp powdered sugar

· 2 tsp unsalted butter

· 170 grams dark chocolate

Directions

Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and espresso powder. Melt the butter and beat until creamy. Add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time and continue whisking. Add vanilla extract and continue beating. Add 1/3 portion of the flour mixture and mix. Add half the sour cream. Add another 1/3 portion of flour mix followed by sour cream and then the last portion of flour mix. Finally add the boiling water. Continue beating at every stage. Grease the Bundt pan with butter and sprinkle some cocoa powder evenly across the surface. Add the batter to the pan and bake in a preheated oven for 50-60 minutes at 350°F. Allow the cake to cool slightly, sprinkle powdered sugar and it is ready to serve.

When you put all the ingredients in yourself, you know exactly what's going to end up on your table afterwards, and that's more than worth the little extra effort that it takes to prepare a easy chocolate cake recipe from scratch.