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Guide by EL_MaNu posted 2 days ago
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Ingredients
Last year I made them for my ex-boyfriend on Valentines Day... I really liked them!


For ca 60 pralines you need:

For truffle filling:
300g halfbitter chocolate coating
100g butter
100g cream

For flavour:
bourbon vanilla
cinnamon
orange abrasion
cayenne pepper
bitter almond aroma
Cointreu

For coating:
full-cream milk chocolate coating
white chocolate coating
cocoa
finely chopped nuts (e.g. hazelnuts)

For filling:
complete nuts (e.g. hazelnuts, almonds)
dried fruits



1. truffle filling
- heat the cream in a pot and let the butter and the halfbitter chocolate coating melt in it slowly
- attention: it shouldn't boil!
- add a flouvor if you like e.g. the bourbon vanilla, some cinnamon, the orange abrasion, cayenne pepper, bitter almond aroma or Cointreu
- fill in the fluid truffle filling in a bowl covered with plastic wrap or a baking plate and let it cool in a fridge for at least 3 hours
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Opinion by x-xmEx-x posted 11 months ago
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well here are some reipes for chocolate cake


Fudgy Chocolate Layer Cake


ACTIVE TIME: 1 HR
TOTAL TIME: 2 HRS
MAKES ONE 8-INCH THREE-LAYER CAKE
ingredients
CAKE
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
3 large eggs
2 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 cup hot coffee
FILLING AND FROSTING
1 1/4 pounds bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon water
directions
MAKE THE CAKE: Preheat the oven to 325°. Line the bottoms of three 8-inch round cake pans with rounds of parchment paper. Spray the pans and the parchment paper with vegetable cooking spray.
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Opinion by rahma posted 4 months ago
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Good Living
is an act of intelligence,
by which we choose things
which have an agreeable taste
rather than those which do not.
-Brillat-Savarin


The 12-step chocoholics program:
NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!
-Terry Moore


Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces
-Judith Viorst


Giving chocolate to others is an intimate form of communication, a sharing of deep, dark secrets
-Milton Zelman, publisher of "Chocolate News"


A chocolate in the mouth is worth two on the plate.


If it ain't chocolate, it ain't breakfast!


There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with CHOCOLATE
-Linda Grayson, "The Pickwick Papers"
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