Dark Chocolate And Coconut Dessert Sauce Recipes

DARK CHOCOLATE AND COCONUT DESSERT SAUCE

Steps:

• Place chocolate in a heat-safe bowl and set aside.
• Put coconut milk in a small pot and bring just to a boil over medium heat.
• Pour over the chocolate and let rest for 2 minutes, then stir gently until the mixture is smooth and the chocolate is melted.
• Warm over a pot of simmering water, if needed to melt any remaining pieces of chocolate.
• Serve sauce warm or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. To reheat, gently warm the sauce in the top of a double boiler.

HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a cold saucepan, whisk together the cocoa and the sugar until all lumps are removed. Add the salt and the water and bring to a boil over medium-medium high heat.
• Reduce to a gentle simmer; stirring constantly. Simmer for about 30 seconds and then remove from heat. Let cool and then add in the vanilla.
• Pour into a glass jar and allow to cool. {The chocolate sauce will be very thin when it finishes boiling, but it will thicken quite a bit as it cools.}
• Refrigerate until needed.

COCONUT CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter a 9 inch springform pan.
• In a small bowl, stir together the cake flour, sugar and baking powder.
• In a bowl, whisk together the oil, whole eggs and ¼ cup of water and stir in the flour mixture into the oil mixture until the batter is smooth.
• Beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar until they hold stiff peaks.
• Stir ¼ of the whites into the batter to lighten and then fold in the remaining whites.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in the middle of the preheated oven for 20-30 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.
• Remove cake and let cool.
• For pastry cream: Scald the milk with the vanilla bean.
• Scrape the seeds into the milk and discard bean (or rinse it, let it dry and ‘plant’ it into a sealed jar of sugar. In time you’ll have sugar with a vanilla fragrance.) In a bowl, whisk together 1/3 cup of sugar, flour and egg yolks.
• Whisk the hot milk into the yolk mixture, a little at a time, and whisk for 1 minute.
• Pour into the pan and bring custard to the boil, whisking constantly, for 1-2 minutes, o until it is thickened.
• Let cool, uncovered, and chill it, placing a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the hot custard to prevent a skin from forming.
• Beat the cream with the remaining 2 tblsps sugar until it holds stiff peaks.
• Fold 1 cup of the whipped cream into the pastry cream, reserving remainder, and fold in 1 cup of coconut into the pastry cream as well.
• Make chocolate sauce: Simmer the milk with the chocolate, stirring, until the chocolate is melted.
• Add the cream, butter and sugar and simmer, stirring, until smooth and slightly thickened.
• Keep sauce warm, covered.
• Cut cake horizontally into 3 layers with a serrated knife.
• Spread ½ of pastry cream on top of bottom layer and top with second layer.
• Spread remaining pastry cream on top of second layer and top with third layer, cut side down.
• Spread whipped cream on top and side of cake and sprinkle with coconut.
• Serve with sauce.