INGREDIENTS:CAKE LAYERS
1/4 cup of Butter,softened
1 cup of Sugar
3 Large eggs
2/3 cup of Milk
1 teaspoon of Vanilla
1 3/4 cup of All-purpose flour
2 teaspoon of Baking powder
DIRECTIONS:
CUSTARD
2/3 cup of Sugar
1/3 cup of Cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon of Salt
2 1/2 cup of Milk
4 Large eggs yolks,lightly bea
DIRECTIONS:
-GLAZE-
3 oz Milk chocolate
Or semisweet chocolate
1 tb Butter
1/3 cup of Confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup of Milk
DIRECTIONS:
PREPARE CAKE LAYERS: Heat oven to 350 degrees.Grease and flour two 9"
round cake pans.In large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed, beat 1/4
cup butter,1 cup sugar,eggs,2/3 cup milk,1 tsp. vanilla and baking powder
about 4 minutes until thoroughly blended and smooth.
Spoon batter into prepared pans;bake 30 minutes until wooden pick inserted
in center of each layer comes out clean.Remove layers to wire racks to cool
completely.
PREPARE EGG CUSTARD: In 2 qt. saucepan,stir 2/3 cup sugar,cornstarch and
salt until thoroughly mixed;slowly stir in 2 1/2 cups milk until
smooth.Bring to boil over medium heat,stirring constantly;cook 1 minute
until mixture boils rapidly and thickens.Remove from heat; very slowly pour
lightly beaten egg yolks into hot mixture,stirring rapidly and constantly
to blend and keep smooth.Return mixture to low heat;cook 1 minute longer.Do
not allow to boil.Remove from heat;stir in 1 tbsp. vanilla.Cool
completely,stirring frequently.
PREPARE CHOCOLATE GLAZE: In small heavy saucepan over very low heat, melt
chocolate and 1 tbsp. butter,stirring frequently until blended and
smooth.Remove from heat;stir in confectioners sugar and 1/4 cup milk until
blended and smooth.Keep warm,covered. To assemble: Using sharp serrated
knife,carefully cut cooled layers in half horizontally.Place one layer,cut
side up,on serving platter; spread with 1/3 cooled custard.Repeat with
remaining cake layers and custard,ending with cake layer,cut side
down.Spoon warm glaze over top of cake,letting mixture drip down
sides.Makes 12 to 16 servings
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1 comment:
What a joke! Chef Ramsay is not a pastry chef afterall.
There are obvious problems itself within the recipe, vanilla in custard cream not mention at ingredient list and suddenly appear under directions. Flour are not mentioned under directions to prepare the cake layers. Some instruction are not clear at all. I'm not sure if it's the cookbook itself that has the problem, or that whoever that posted it, just don't about accuracy of posting a recipe.
Let's talk about the finish product based on this recipe. After going through all that time and ingredient to make this thing. The cake hardly rise, perhaps chef ramsay likes to throw everything together and beat them up, and no one ever told him that, you can't really do that with cakes/pastry. It's not onion and carrots and garlic that u can just simply throw into a pot of stock. The custard taste very starchy. The descriptive and direct cooking time mention, doesn't make a thick custard.
I'm an experienced home baker, done my fair share of cakes and custard cream. And i will not ever, use this recipe again.
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