Recipe for Chocolate Pastry
Ingredients
- 15 eggs
- 300 grams plain flour
- 300 grams sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- Ingredients for topping:
- 200 grams butter
- 2 cups fresh cream
- 100 grams icing sugar
- 1 cup sugar syrup
- 300 grams cooking chocolate
- 4 to 5 tbsp icing sugar
Cooking Directions
For dough, mix together 15 eggs, 300 grams plain flour, 300 grams sugar, 1 tbsp baking powder and 2 tbsp cocoa powder and knead into fine dough.
Place in an oven for 15 minutes at 220 c.
For topping, mix 200 grams white butter, ½ cup fresh cream, 2 tbsp cocoa powder and 4 to 5 tbsp icing sugar and mix.
Keep the mix in refrigerator. Melt 300 grams chocolate and mix with 1 ½ cup fresh cream and 3 to 4 tbsp butter cream to form a paste.
Also make 1 cup sugar syrup and keep aside.
When your sponge is ready, make a layer of sugar syrup in the middle of sponge.
Coat with butter cream and make a layer of cooking chocolate on the top.
Garnish with remaining butter cream and cut into rectangles of your preferred size.
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