Sunday, November 26, 2006

Chocolate Cream Cheesecake



Thin sponge cake for the base of the cake rings:

250 gm. optima flour
4 eggs
1 tsp. ovalette
60 ml. water
60 gm. cornoil
1 tsp. vanilla essence

Method:

(1) Whisk optima flour, eggs, ovalette and water together till thick and creamy.
(2) Fold in cornoil and then pour into a rectangular tray of 11" x 14" and bake at 175C for about 20 min. or till cooked.
(3) Remove from oven and cool on wire rack.
(4) Cut into small pieces to fit into your tear drop cake rings or any petite cake rings of any shape.

Fillings:

250 gm. Cream cheese
40 gm. sugar
1 Tbsp. Gelatine powder + 50 gm. water (bloom then double-boil or microwave)
50 gm. melted chocolate
30 gm. fresh milk
120 gm. whipped cream

Ganache:

250 gm. chocolate
120 gm. non-dairy whipped cream
Some white chocolate for piping

Method:

(1) Cream cream cheese with sugar till creamy.
(2) Pour in melted gelatine mixture and mix till well combined.
(3) Melt chocolate in a double-boiler or microwave it then add in fresh milk and mix thoroughly. Pour into cream cheese and mix thoroughly.
(4) Fold in whipped cream and fill filling into prepared cake rings fitted with thin sponge cake.
(5) Leave it in the fridge to let it set.
(6) When set, take out from cake rings and then pour ganache over it.
(7) Pipe some white chocolate over the ganache and then let it set again before serving.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi aunty yochana,

thanks for posting the recipe.

May I know, the "120g whipped cream", do I weight the liquid or have to whipped into cream then weight?

Thanks

Cheers,
Alice

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi Alice,

Both ways are the same...they have the same weight.

rgds

Anonymous said...

thanks aunty.

Cheers,
Alice

Sophia said...

Hi Aunty Yochana,

Optima flour what can i substitute it with? I can't get this flour here in Canada.

Cheers,
Dizzy

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi Dizzy,

You don't have to use this optima sponge cake. Try my traditional sponge cake recipe which I have already posted in this blog. In the beginning you find it difficult to do but when you catch it, it's a breeze. I think you should try doing the simple sponge without the optima flour since you have difficulty in getting it in Canada. Which part of canada are you in?

rgds

Sophia said...

Hello Aunty Yochana,

I am located in Edmonton (Western Part of Canada). Our winter is always cold and last a good six months. :(

Dizzy

Aunty Yochana said...

wow Dizzy,

Canada is very cold and I just hate the cold. I remembered my hols in Seoul. My nose turned to ice and my feet with millions of pins and needles poking at me and for once in my life, I love to visit the toilet. Warmer inside...

rgds