Hey Guys,

Made this myself last week, still haev a few pieces of the patty cake left, but I ate all the chocolate tulips I'm afraid mmmnh..yummah 8)

White & Dark Chocolate Patty Cake w Chocolate Tulips

Chop up white and dark semi sweet chocolate. Melt dark chocolate first, cutting in a stick of softened, unsalted butter. Then repeat this step with the white chocolate. (Unsure of how many ounces of each chocolate but assuming 8).

Pan Prep:
2 equal sized round pans. Grease lightly with butter, and set piece of wax or parchment paper inside (Makes removal of cake from pan onto rack much easier.) Preheat oven at 325 f.

Cake:
1/2 cup of sifted flour, sift it onto medium sized piece of wax or parchment paper.

10 egg yolks in a mixing bowl. Mix on regular speed of electrical cake beater for 10 minutes. To make the appropriate ribbon, a way to tell that your egg yolks are done right, by mixing on high speed for another 2-3 minutes. Then mix yet again slowly, on low speed, for only a few seconds.

Then take 6 of the 10 separated egg whites for about 2-5 minutes, depending on consistency of eggs. You want to form stiff peaks. While doing that add slowly a quarter cup of sugar.

After the egg whites and sugar have formed and are well mixed, remove from mixer, and replace with bowl of egg yolk mix. Add the white chocolate to the yolk egg mix, and mix on low speed for a few minutes till its well mixed.Then remove bowl of yolk mixture and set it on your work area/counter top, and then slowly add & fold the sifted flour mix. Then crape in the egg whites mix, turn and fold a couple times, and then pour into your pans, equal amounts of the mixture in both.

Bake for about 26-28 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean and dry.

Chocolate Tulips:

Take about 6-8 balloons, inflate then only to the point where the bottoms are nice and round, but only about 4-5 inches around (Tape measure ppl) Then take your melted dark chocolate, place it over the pan you melted it over, turn the heat on very low, and stir the chocolate for only a minute or so. Then take a balloon one by one, and set the bottom into the bowl of melted dark chocolate. Rock the balloon back and forth, then side to side, for a decorative look that resembles tulips. Set them on 12x6 or 14x8 backing sheet, and stick in fridge for 30 minutes.

After removing cakes from oven, letting them cool for 30 minutes, and turning over onto a rack, or pad, and letting them cool for another 15 minutes, Take 8 ounces of pureed frozen rasberries, and pour them on top of bottom layer, spreading the pure' around with scraper. Place top layer on top, then repeat the process. then take 11/2 to 2 cups of fresh rasberries and place them on top. Add the chocolate tulips to plates, and place a few rasberries in them. Your set! Should serve 6-8 people.

Heh heh

Enjoy

Silk

you act as though people on this board know how to cook anything other than ramen noodles :P

(on a serious note, this sounds really good, i might make it if i have some free time and whatnot)

Mmmnnn

You should, now theres only one piece of mine left, hehe. Good that tasted good. mmmn

:D IM A GOOD COOK!!!!

:D Good

..But are you a good baker? :wink:

mmm its really good sounding, except for when i think of baloon i think of a dusty baloon and the rubber melting and stuff. eww.

sounds good though! i like to cook/bake/whatevertheycallit sometimes.

I have no cooking/baking skills in me at all. I ask people how to make french toast for crying out loud....but maybe i'll give it a shot and blow up my house :P

LOL Warklan!

*Snickers* its worth it, trust me..mmn..all thoose rasberries

*Sighs*zoid..you CAn rinse of the balloons...you did know that, right? :P

even after rinsing the balloons (at least some of em) still retain the dust...


ok, making food is always going to be sloppy or something will go somewhat wrong... so here's the basic recipe for cinnamon toast thingies, oh i mean French Toast...

The Guy's guide to cooking food, French Toast!
ok, heres the slop that i do:

you need:
- sliced bread (the kind that comes in a bag that you can buy at the store)
- some eggs... probably just one or two, i dunno depends how much you want
- some cinnamon
- maple syrup for when youre eatin!

- a bowl
- a spatula
- a pan for cookin dem things
- spoon of some sort, well maybe a fork is better for mixing eggs in the bowl
- your stovetop/range as a heat source to put your pan on

uhh, here it goes
1. Crack the eggs open into that there bowl
(dont get any shells inside the bowl. if you get shells in there, remove em with the spoon/fork/whatever. throw away the shells)
2. Beat those eggs with the fork until its mostly a solid color, you'll still have some of the egg whites (the clear stuff) floatin round there probably, just ignore that.
3. Add some cinnamon while you beat them eggs, but not too much!
4. Turn on your stove and put your pan on the flame, probably put it on medium or a little lower, just be sure it isnt so hot that it burns the french toast.
5. take a slice of bread, drop it in the bowl full of the eggs, hell maybe squirt some maple syrup in there if youre a guy who wants to experiment. Don't let it soak for very long, just let it cover it up (10 seconds or so seems right), and be sure to get both sides of the slice of bread.
6. take that bread and slop it on the hot pan. let it cook, dont let it burn, check on the bottom by taking your spatula and peering under the bottom of the slice of bread. when it looks about right, flip it over. you can probably tell when its right. be sure its cooked. it shouldnt burn, so if its burning and its still not cooked completely through, youve soaked the slice of bread for way too long.

take it off, put it on a plate... repeat steps 5 and 6 until youre out of ingredients. don't forget to clean up the one hell of a mess you made cooking!

Until next time! this is how to survive in the kitchen-- with zoid!
:P

lol. i remember that :P . heheh