The key is good ingredients, especially the chocolate chunks. I use good couverture (cooking chocolate) mostly the dark one. Last weekend I use couveture I bought here in Budapest, didn’t buy the good one  (because the good one cost 6€ for 100g!) , the cookies tasted good… the kids and the moms love them but for me it tasted less than the usual …

Anyway here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 280 g all purpose flours, 1 teaspoon baking soda (Natron if you are in Germany), 1 teaspoon salt –> mix them well and set aside.
• 250 g butter/margarine, room temperature
• 200 g sugar ( I use brown sugar)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 350 g chocolate (chopped)

Directions:

Pre heat the oven to 190 C. Line your baking tray with baking paper .

Beat the butter and sugar and vanilla extract until creamy. Add the eggs. Beat until mixed well. Then add the mixed flour slowly. Mix them well. At last add the chopped chocolate and mix them with your spatula.

Put 1 spoon of the batter in the sheet, don’t forget to put a good distance because the batter will rise in the oven.

Bake about 9-11 minutes, take the tray out of the oven. The cookies will be a bit soft, let them in the tray for about 2-3 minutes then let them cool on a rack. Enjoy!

Kue kering coklat

Kuenya rasanya gak kalah dengan kue di Starbuck, beneran! Kuncinya adalah pemakaian bahan. Saya memakai coklat khusus untuk memasak yg berkualitas. Hari Sabtu lalu saya memakai coklat yg saya beli di Budapest, kualitas agak kurang karena yg bagus mahal banget (100 g harganya 6 EUR!), rasanya sih tetap enak karena laris manis langsung habis, tapi buat saya pribadi kurang mantep karena rasa coklatnya lain.

Bahan:

• 280 g tepung terigu, 1 sdt baking soda, 1 sdt garam –> campur dan sisihkan.
• 250 g butter atau margarine (sesuai selera), suhu ruangan
• 200 g gula pasir (saya pakai gula coklat)
• 1 sdt ekstrak vanilla
• 2 telur
• 350 g coklat (dicincang kasar)

Cara membuat:

Panaskan oven 190 C. Siapkan baki, lapis dengan kertas roti.

Kocok butter, gula dan ekstrakt vanilla sampai halus seperti krim. Tambahkan telur, kocok sampai rata. Kemudian tambahkan campuran tepung sedikit demi sedikit, kocok sampai tercampur rata. Terakhir tambahkan coklat, aduk dengan spatula.

Taruh 1 SDM adonan diatas baki. Jaga jarak karena kue akan mengembang begitu di panggang.

Panggang sekitar 9-11 menit. Keluarkan baki dari oven, kue agak empuk biarkan dulu sekitar 2-3 menit kemudian dinginkan di atas rak kawat. Selamat menikmati.

Ingredients:

- 3 cups flour

- 1/2 cup cacao

- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

- 1/2 teaspoon salt

- 4 teaspoon baking powder

- 1 1/3 cup granulated sugar

- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly

- 1 cup whole milk, at room temperature

- 1 cup creme fraiche or sour cream ( I prefer sour creme), at room temperature

- 2 large eggs, at room temperature

- 1 large egg yolk, at room temperature

- 200 gr dark (or with white chocolate), coarsely chopped

Direction:

First, heat the oven to 180°C. Lightly oil the top of standard 12 cup muffin tins and line with paper baking cups .

In a large mixing bowl: sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, mix well.

In another mixing bowl: whisk together the sugar, butter, milk, sour creme, eggs, egg yolk until well combined.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and fold gently with a rubber spatula just until the dry ingredients are mostly moistened (the batter will be lumpy), there should be quite a few streaks of dry flour. Add the chocolate and fold gently.

Fill the muffin cups, the batter should mound higher then the rim of the cups. Bake until the muffins spring back lightly when you press the middle, 30 to 35 minutes. Enjoy!

MUFFIN COKLAT

Bahan:

- 3 cangkir tepung

- 1/2 cangkir kakao/coklat bubuk

- 1/2 sdt baking soda

- 1/2 sdt garam

- 4 sdt baking powder

- 1 1/3 cangkir gula halus

- 10 SDM mentega, dicairkan dan tunggu sampai agak dingin

- 1 cangkir susu cair, suhu ruangan

- 1 cangkir creme fraiche atau sour cream ( saya lebih suka sour creme), suhu ruangan

- 2 telur besar, suhu ruangan

- 1 kuning telur besar, suhu ruangan

- 200 gr coklat hitam atau putih, dicincang kasar

Cara membuat:

Pertama, panaskan oven 180°C. Oles tipis cetakan standard 12 muffin kemudian letakkan mangkuk kertas muffin.

Di mangkuk besar: campur tepung, baking powder, baking soda dan garam, aduk rata.

Di mangkuk lain: kocok gula, mentega, susu, sour creme, telur, kuning telur sampai tercampur rata.Tidak perlu kocok dengan mixer listrik, cukup dengan mixer tangan.

Masukkan adonan basah ke adonan kering dan aduk pelan (gerakan melipat) dengan spatula hanya sampai adonan kering menjadi lembab (adonan akan menggumpal), akan terlihat sedikit tepung yg tidak tercampur, biarkan, jangan terlalu banyak diaduk. Tambahkan coklat dan aduk lipat pelan-pelan.

Isi penuh mangkuk muffin, agar tinggi adonan sebaiknya melebihi batas mangkuk kertas. Panggang muffin kurang lebih 30-35 menit (tergantung oven). Muffin matang bila mental sedikit jika ditekan ditengah.
Selain coklat muffin bisa dicampur macam-macam, silahkan lihat langsung di resep aslinya di sini. Selamat menikmati!

Iseng nih pengen bagi resep. Kue coklat, hasil coba2 beberapa resep karena seringan kuenya kemanisan jadi suka eneg makannya. Yang ini udah menurut kita sih udah pas manisnya. Penting menurut saya untuk memakai cocoa dan coklat yang bagus supaya enak.

BAHAN:

1. Saus coklat:- 50 g coklat bubuk (cocoa)
- 100 g gula pasir – 125 ml air panas – 1 sendok makan (penuh) madu – 1/2 sendok teh gula vanili

2. Adonan kue
- 300 g tepung terigu – 50 g coklat bubuk – 200 g butter – 1 sendok teh backing powder
- 4 butir telur ayam – 250 ml susu segar cair – 300 g gula pasir

3. Olesan coklat
300 g Bitter Schokolade (coklat masak yg pekat) – 250 ml Sauer Sahne (Sour Creme/krim asam)

CARA MEMBUAT:
Oles loyang dengan mentega, taburi tepung hingga rata, sisihkan. Panaskan oven 180°C.

1. Saus coklat: Campur coklat bubuk dan gula. Tuang 125 ml air panas, aduk hingga larut. Tambahkan madu, aduk hingga rata. Panaskan di api kecil hingga hampir mendidih. Angkat, tambahkan vanilli, aduk rata, sisihkan.

2. Adonan kue: Campur tepung, coklat bubuk dan backing powder, sisihkan. Kocok mentega dan gula hingga rata. Tambahkan telur satu persatu hingga mengembang. Kemudian masukkan vanilli. Masukkan campuran tepung bergantian dengan susu cair secara bertahap sambil kocok terus dengan rata.
Masukkan setengah adonan kue ke loyang. Campur sisa adonan kue dengan saus coklat, aduk rata. Kemudian masukkan ke loyang di atas adonan pertama.
Panggang selama kurang lebih 50 menit hingga matang. Angkat, keluarkan dari loyang dan dinginkan.

3. Olesan coklat: Kukus (atau di tim, terserah deh gimana enaknya) coklat hingga meleleh, tambahkan krim asam, aduk hingga rata. Oleskan ke seluruh permukaan kue hingga rata. Dinginkan (biar cepet di kulkas. Sajikan setelah olesan coklat sudah mengeras.

Selamat mencoba

Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

1. Chocolate sauce: 50 gr cocoa, 100 gr granulated sugar, 125 hot water, 1 tablespoon honey, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla sugar

2. For the batter: 300 gr all purpose flour, 50 gr cocoa, 200 gr butter, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 4 eggs, 250 ml fresh milk, 300 gr, granulated sugar.

3. Chocolate ganache: 300 gr dark chocolate, 250 ml sour cream

Directions:

Grease your baking pan with butter and then dusting with flour, set aside. Pre heat the oven to 180 C.

1. Chocolate sauce: Mix cocoa and sugar, add the hot water, mix until dissolve. Add the honey, mix well. Then let it to simmer, take it from your stove, add the vanilla sugar, mix well, set aside.

2. For the batter: Mix flour, cocoa and baking powder, set aside. Beat butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Add the eggs one by one until it rise, then add vanilla sugar. Add the mixed flour in turn with the milk, beat it until well mixed. Pour half of the batter into baking pan. Mix the rest of the batter with the chocolate sauce, mix well. Then pour this batter into the baking pan in top of the first batter. Bake it for 50 minutes until its done. Take the cake out of the pan and let it cool.

3. Chocolate ganache: Steam the dark chocolate until it melt, add the sour cream, mix well. Apply the ganache on the whole cake. Let it cool (you can put in the fridge). Wait until the ganache is set to serve the cake.

Enjoy.