Recipe: Chocolate Pastry

Chocolate Pastry 

[one_third] Prep Time:40 minutes[/one_third] [one_third]Cook Time: 15 minutes[/one_third] [one_third_last] Servings: 6[/one_third_last]

Ingredients

For dough:

• 300 gm plain flour
• 300 gm sugar
• 15 eggs
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder

For Topping:

• 300 gm cooking chocolate
• 200 gm butter
• 100 gm icing sugar
• 2 cups fresh cream
• 1 cup sugar syrup
• 4-5 tbsp icing sugar

Directions: 

 For dough:

1. Preheat oven to 220 degree C.
2. In a large bowl, combine together eggs, plain flour, sugar, baking powder and cocoa powder.
3. Knead a fine dough.
4. Then place in the preheated oven for 15 minutes or until toothpick insert into the center comes out clean.

For Topping:

1. In a bowl, add white butter, fresh cream, cocoa powder and icing sugar.
2. Mix well.
3. Keep the mix in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
4. Melt chocolate and mix with fresh cream.
5. Also add prepared mixture.
6. Make 1 cup sugar syrup and keep aside.

To Proceed:

1. When your sponge is ready, drizzle sugar syrup in the middle of sponge.
2. Spread butter cream over it.
3. Make a layer of cooking chocolate on the top.
4. Top remaining butter cream.
5. Then cut into rectangles of your preferred size.
6. Chocolate Pastry is ready to serve.

• Serve with whipped cream and chocolate curls.