Gordons Chocolate Velvet Recipes

CHOCOLATE VELVET DESSERT

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine wafer crumbs and sugar; stir in butter. Press onto the bottom and 1-1/2 in. up the sides of a greased 9-in. springform pan. Place on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. , In a large microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Cool. In a small bowl, combine the egg yolks, cream and vanilla. Gradually stir a small amount of mixture into melted chocolate until blended; gradually stir in remaining mixture. Pour into crust., Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight., In a large bowl, combine the butter, confectioners' sugar, cocoa and enough milk to achieve a piping consistency. Using a large star tip, pipe frosting on dessert.

CHOCOLATE VELVET CAKE

Steps:

• Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended.
• Combine cake flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
• Pour 7 cups batter into a greased and floured 13- x 9-inch pan, reserving remaining 1 cup batter.
• Bake at 350°F for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely on wire rack.
• Note: Prepare cake batter 1 1/2 more times; stir in reserved 1 cup batter. Repeat procedure for baking the second 13- x 9-inch layer. Spoon 3 cups batter into a greased and floured 9- x 5-inch pan. Bake at 350°F for 35 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Repeat procedure with remaining batter for baking the second 9- x 5-inch layer.
• Yield 1 (13- x 9-inch) layer (8 cups batter).

CHOCOLATE VELVET RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 425 F degrees. 2. Butter a small jelly-roll pan and on it place a sheet of bakers parchment or waxed paper. Butter paper lightly and sprinkle evenly with flour. Whip whole eggs with yolk and sugar until mixture is very pale and forms ribbons when a little is dribbled back into the bowl from the tip of the mixing spoon. Fold in sifted cornstarch and grated lemon rind. Spread evenly into prepared pan. Bake for about eight minutes, or until cake is golden brown but still moist. The cake must be pliable enough to fit into a mold. When it has cooled for 10 minutes, cut cake in strips that can be fitted into charlotte mold or bowl. Mold should be completely lined with no spaces showing. Set aside. Praline Paste: Pulverize both almonds and hazel nuts in a blender or food processor. They should be very fine. Set aside. Brush a platter with vegetable oil. Place sugar in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and moisten with lemon juice. Place over high heat stirring constantly until sugar melts completely and turns light brown. Watch this carefully as it will begin to take on color all at once. Remove from heat and keep stirring until sugar is the medium brown color of brewed tea. Pour onto oiled platter and set to cool. When hard and crisp pulverize in blender or food processor. Combine with pulverized nuts and set aside. The filling: Melt butter and set aside. Me1t chocolate in a double boiler and set aside. Dissolve coffee in rum and queurs and mix until smooth. Whipped egg yolks with sugar until firm and Xxx. Beat egg whites to soft peaks. Fold praline paste into egg yolk mixture, then fold in cooled melted butter and chocolate. Mix thoroughly. Fold in whipped cream and finally fold in beaten egg whites. Pour in the mold lined with the roulade and chill until set about three to four hours. The chocolate glaze: Melt chocolate in a double boiler. When melted stir in hot water, a tablespoonful at a time. Mix until smooth. Assembling the cake: Unmold the chilled filled roulade cake. To do this you will need a bowl slightly larger than the cake mold. Invert the mold so the roulade cake is turned out into the larger bowl. Gently and evenly pour the hot chocolate glaze back and forth over the roulade. Repour extra glaze that runs into larger bowl. Pour from side to side until mold is covered. With a large spatula, lift cake onto platter.