Strawberry Brandy Chocolate Cake

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Ready In:
1hr 35mins
Ingredients:
19
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Butter 8 eight oz. ramekins and coat with cocoa powder.
  • Place ramekins on cookie sheet covered with parchment paper.
  • In glass bowl, defrost strawberries in microwave.
  • Strain into another bowl and gently press out juice through fine strainer – keep pulp.
  • Microwave liquid for 8 to 10 minutes until reduced to approximately ¼ cup.
  • Place liquid and pulp into food processor and blend mixture.
  • Resulting content should be approximately 1 ¼ cup of puree.
  • In a large bowl combine sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda.
  • Incorporate eggs, milk, oil, vanilla, ½ cup brandy, and 1 cup strawberry puree.
  • Fill ramekins ¾ full. The cakes will overflow while baking.
  • Bake 35 to 40 minutes.
  • While ramekins are baking, prepare whipped cream and ganache.
  • For the whipped cream, mix remaining puree with 2T sugar.
  • In a separate bowl, whip 1 cup cream until it forms soft mounds.
  • Add the sweetened puree to cream and whip until stiff peaks can be formed.
  • Refrigerate strawberry whipped cream.
  • For the ganache, begin by heating ½ cup plus 2 T cream on stove until steam begins to rise.
  • Meanwhile, place 1 cup chocolate chips in bowl and microwave 1 minute.
  • Remove and stir until all chips are almost completely melted.
  • Pour cream over melted chocolate chips and stir until smooth.
  • Add 1 T brandy and mix until incorporated.
  • To assemble, place each ramekin on a plate, spoon ganache over the tap so that it spills over the side.
  • Top with a mound of strawberry whipped cream.
  • Enjoy!

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  1. Wow, were these good! I loved the brandy and chocolate together, and the strawberry whipped cream is absolutely inspired. I had a couple of difficulties in making the recipe, which may be entirely beyond the inventor's control. The ingredient list is formatted a bit strangely, calling for the strawberries and puree separately, when the puree is actually made from the frozen berries. This may be a 'Zaar formatting glitch. Also, my cakes didn't overflow the ramekins in that so appetizing way I had hoped. But it could be that my baking powder is a bit old. In either case, it didn't seem to affect the taste, and the cakes were a hit at my house. Best of luck in the contest!
     
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