Viennese Chocolate Cream Cake Recipes

VIENNESE CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE

Steps:

• 1. Melt the chocolate for the layer in a water bath. Let it cool. Beat the softened butter with the sugar, add the yolks 1 by 1 and the cooled chocolate. Slowly add the sifted flour .
• 2. Beat the whites with a pinch of salt into hard snow and carefully add them to the chocolate mixture.
• Bake in a cake form with baking paper at 360°F (180 °C) for about 40 min. The middle of the cake needs to be slightly creamy
• 3. Heat the confectionery cream on the stove and add the pieces of dark chocolate to it. Let it melt and leave it to cool for 2 hours in the fridge. Then beat with a mixer to a fluffy cream. Add the rum .
• 4. Cut the cake layer into 2 and fill it with 2/3 of the cream. Use the rest of the cream to decorate the cake on top.

VIENNESE CHOCOLATE-NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan.
• Cream margarine and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until well combined. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Mix flour, cornstarch, hazelnuts, and cocoa powder in a separate bowl and quickly mix into the margarine mixture. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely before dusting with confectioners' sugar.

VIENNESE COFFEE

Steps:

• In a 1-1/2-qt. slow cooker, combine the coffee, chocolate syrup and sugar. Cover and cook on low for 2-1/2 hours. , Stir in heavy cream and creme de cacao. Cover and cook 30 minutes longer or until heated through. , Ladle coffee into mugs. Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate curls if desired.

VIENNESE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Mix together the cocoa powder and the flour in a bowl and set aside.
• In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks, the whole egg, the sugar and the water with an electric beater for 8-10 minutes.
• Blend the Graham crackers and the powdered almonds with the egg mixture.
• Put the egg whites in another bowl and beat until stiff.
• Add the icing sugar and continue to beat for 30 seconds.
• Fold the beaten egg whites in with the egg yolk mixture.
• Add the cocoa and flour mixture and fold again.
• Pour the batter into a buttered and floured round 10" cake pan and bake in the centre of the oven for 30-40 minutes.
• Remove and let stand for 5 minutes, then turn onto a cake rack.
• Frosting: Whip the cream until quite firm, then blend in the icing sugar.
• Put the pitted cherries along with half the juice in a saucepan.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat and add the Tia Maria.
• Mix the corn starch with the tablespoon of water and add this mixture to the cherries.
• Continue to cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Let stand to cool.
• Cut the cake into 3 equal layers.
• Cover the bottom layer with cherries and the next two layers with whipped cream.
• Decorate with cherries and grated chocolate.

VIENNESE CHOCOLATE CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Chocolate Cream Filling:.
• Slowly pour 1/2 cup of cream through a fine strainer into chocolate, whisking till all the cream is absorbed: continue slowly adding the rest of the cream till all absorbed.
• Refrigerate uncovered until filling is consistency of sour cream about 4 hours. If to thick it does not whip up nicely.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Prepare a 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1 inch jelly roll pan lining with parchment paper and butter paper.
• Meanwhile make Cake:.
• Place eggs and sugar in top of a double boiler over simmering water and cook whisking until very warm to the touch 110 degrees.
• Transfer egg mixture to a mixing bowl and beat at high speed until triple the volume and cooled to the touch about 5-7 minutes. Add in vanilla.
• Add the sifted cake flour folding in gentle. Fold in the melted butter.
• Spread batter into prepared pan and bake for 12 minutes till center springs back when lightly touched.
• Cool 5 minutes, invert onto a clean damp towel. Remove pan and paper, cool to room temperature.
• Line a 8 inch round cake pan with wax paper.
• Cut a 8 inch circle from the a corner of the cooled cake and place in to pan.
• Cut 2 strips about 13x 1 1/2 long and place along sides of pan, They should fit in even with the top of the pan. So trim if needed.
• Filling:.
• In a chilled bowl beat chocolate cream filling add the liqueur at medium speed until soft and fluffy peaks form, When mixture gets pale that is when its done. So be sure not to over beat! This is quick.
• Spread filling into the pan spread evenly. Cut the remaining cake to fit over the filling will have to piece and trim the cake together to fit. Cover cake air tight and freeze until very firm about 2 hours. You can make a couple day ahead to this point.
• Invert frozen cake onto serving cake dish.
• Refrigerate.
• Beat whipping cream until soft peaks form add sugar and beat till stiff peaks form.
• Spread evenly over top and sides of cake then chill.
• Make large chocolate curls with a vegetable peeler. Arrange them over the top and sides of the cake.
• Return to refrigerator to thaw for about one-two hours.
• Serve after all the oohs and aahs then hear them again as they enjoy it!