Chocolate Gugelhupf Food

KUGELHOPF

Steps:

• Put a large bundt tin in the fridge for 10 minutes, or in the freezer for 5 minutes - this makes it easier to grease, especially if it's non-stick.
• Brush the chilled tin with melted butter, ensuring every little groove is coated. Dust with 1 tablespoon of the flour and tap out the excess.
• Finely chop the candied peel, then place in a small saucepan with the raisins.
• Add the brandy and orange blossom water (if using), then set it over a low heat until warm, but do not let it boil. Remove from the heat, stir well and set aside until the fruit has soaked up all of the liquid.
• Meanwhile, to make your dough, tip the yeast into the bowl of a free-standing mixer.
• Remove the seeds from the cardamom pods, then grind to a powder in a pestle and mortar (roughly ¼ of a teaspoon).
• In a pan, heat the milk until just warm and add to the yeast with 1 teaspoon of sugar. Whisk well to combine, then leave for about 10 minutes, until the yeast has formed a thick, foamy crust on top of the milk.
• Add the remaining sugar, plain flour, ground cardamom, cinnamon and a grating of nutmeg, and ½ teaspoon of sea salt.
• Whisk the buttermilk with the whole eggs and egg yolk, finely grate in the lemon zest and add the vanilla, then add to the bowl.
• Add the butter, then, using the dough hook, start mixing the dough on a slow speed until combined. Continue to mix for a further 3 to 4 minutes until silky smooth.
• Cover the bowl with clingfilm and leave in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
• Scatter the whole almonds into the bottom of the prepared tin.
• Tip the soaked fruit into the dough and mix again until combined. Spoon the dough evenly into the tin over the nuts, spread level, cover with clingfilm and leave to rise again until almost doubled in size; this will take 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 170ºC/gas 3 and position the rack in the bottom third.
• Bake the kugelhopf for 45 to 50 minutes until golden brown, well risen and a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
• Sit the tin on a wire rack for 2 to 3 minutes, then turn the kugelhopf out of the tin and leave to cool, upright, until completely cold.
• Dust liberally with icing sugar to serve.

GUGELHUPF

Steps:

• To prepare the dough: in a bowl, combine milk, sugar, and yeast. Stir and allow to proof.
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour and salt. Using the paddle attachment, over low speed, slowly add the yeast mixture. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and lastly, the butter, a piece at a time.
• Continue to beat at medium speed until the dough gets elastic and almost forming a ball around the paddle, about 3 to 4 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap and let the dough rise until double in size, about 45 to 60 minutes.
• Generously butter a gugelhupf mold. Sprinkle with sugar. Reserve.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Roll out the dough into 1/4-inch thickness, about 12-inches wide and 16-inches long. Spread the butter throughout the surface. In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over the butter. Lastly, sprinkle the chopped nuts and macerated raisins. Roll the dough into a log and place inside the prepared mold.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until top is well browned. Leave it to cool in the mold for 10 minutes, then unmold it on a wire rack. Sprinkle generously with sifted powdered sugar before serving.

GUGELHUPF

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Put the sultanas and teabags in a heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water from the kettle. Leave to steep for 5 mins, then remove and discard the teabags. Leave the sultanas to continue soaking while you prepare the cake mixture. The sultanas can be soaked ahead of time; steep with the tea as above, then leave to soak, covered, overnight.
• Beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl for 3 mins, or until smooth and pale. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl until combined. Add the flour, baking powder, almonds and lemon zest, and mix briefly to combine. Fold in the milk to loosen. Drain the rehydrated sultanas, discard the tea, then fold the sultanas into the mixture.
• Generously butter a 25cm, 2-litre bundt tin. Pour in the mixture and level with a spatula. Bake in the centre of the oven for 35-40 mins, or until golden brown and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Invert the tin onto a serving plate, leave to cool for 5 mins, then lift off the tin. Leave to cool completely, and dust lightly with icing sugar. Will keep for up to three days in an airtight tin.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a Bundt pan and set aside.
• Separate the eggs and beat the egg whites into egg white foam and set aside.
• Beat butter, sugar, egg yolks, and salt until creamy and gradually stir in the cherry juice.
• Then stir in cocoa powder, flour, and baking powder.
• When everything is well mixed, fold in the egg whites loosely with a whisk.
• Finally, carefully pull the drained cherries under the batter.
• Now fill the dough into the Bundt pan and bake at 360 °F (180 °C) for 60 minutes. The cake is ready when no more dough sticks to a toothpick.
• Let the cake cool down in the cake pan for about 10 minutes, then it will be easier to remove from the pan.
• As soon as the cake has cooled down completely, you can glaze it or dust it with powdered sugar.
• Melt the chocolate over a water bath and mix it with 2 teaspoons of coconut oil (this gives it a nice shine).
• Pour the glaze over the cooled cake. I kept catching the overflowing chocolate and pouring it over the cake again until all the chocolate was used up.

CHOCOLATE GUGELHUPF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 Degrees Celsius.
• Spray a gugelhupf pan to grease.
• Using electric beater beat icing sugar, oil and vanilla sugar until smooth.
• Add egg yolks and mix until just combined.
• Mix in 1/2 the flour then 1/2 the milk. Repeat with the remaining. Mix until well combined.
• Using electric beater whisk egg whites until stiff.
• Gently fold through cake mix.
• Spoon half cake mix into container.
• Combine cocoa and extra milk in small bowl.
• Stir into remaining cake mix.
• Spoon into tin and using a knife fold together to get marbled effect.
• Bake in oven 1 hour until skewer inserted comes out clean.
• Cool and dust with icing sugar to serve.

GUGELHUPF

Steps:

• Combine butter and confectioners' sugar in a bowl and beat well with an electric mixer until creamy. Set aside for 10 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 370 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease a gugelhupf pan (or Bundt® pan) with butter and dust with flour.
• Beat 1 egg in a cup and add to the butter-sugar mixture; beat until well combined. Repeat with remaining 2 eggs. Add egg yolks, lemon zest, and vanilla sugar; beat well. Fold in raisins.
• Beat egg whites in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl until foamy. Gradually add white sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Carefully fold egg whites into the batter. Fold in sifted flour in batches. Spoon batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Remove from oven and turn out onto a cake platter. Allow to cool completely and dust with confectioners' sugar.

CHOCOLATE KUGELHOPF

Steps:

• Dough: Bring milk almost to a boil in a saucepan. Remove from heat, and stir in butter, granulated sugar, vanilla, and salt. Transfer to a large bowl, and let cool until lukewarm, 3 to 5 minutes. Add 1 1/2 cups flour and the yeast, and beat with a mixer on low speed. Beat in eggs and egg yolk, 1 at a time. Beat in remaining 3 cups flour, 1/2 cup at a time. Transfer dough (it will be sticky) to a lightly floured surface, and knead until smooth, about 5 minutes. Place in a buttered bowl, and turn to coat. Cover with plastic wrap, and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch down dough, knead a few times, and let rest 10 minutes. Roll out into a 14-by-22-inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface.
• Filling: Mix together brown sugar, raisins, and chocolate. Brush butter on dough, and sprinkle filling on top, leaving a 1-inch border.
• Starting from a long side, roll up dough; cut crosswise into 12 slices. Place 6 slices flush against the side of a buttered 10-inch tube pan. Place remaining 6 slices, cut sides together, around tube of pan. Cover, and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake cake until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes. Unmold, and let cool completely on rack, about 1 hour. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

RAISIN CHOCOLATE KUGELHOPF

Steps:

• In a medium saucepot scald the whole milk and remove from heat.
• Stir in sugar, butter, salt, and vanilla.
• Transfer to your large mixer bowl and let cool to lukewarm.
• Using paddle attachment, low speed add 1 1/2 cups of the flour with the yeast.
• Stir in the eggs.
• Then stir in the remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time.
• Beat on medium speed until dough starts to come away from sides of bowl.
• Remove the dough from bowl to a floured surface.
• Knead briefly until smooth.
• Grease a clean large bowl, with soft butter, and place dough into bowl to rise untuil doubled covered loosely with a clean cloth.
• While dough is rising, prepare the filling.
• Place brown sugar, raisins grated chocolate well and set aside.
• Grease a 10 inch tube pan well, set aside.
• When the dough has doubled, puch down, knead a few times, let rest 10 minutes.
• Roll out into a rectangle about 14 x 24 inches.
• Spread the melted 2 tbsp. butter onto the rolled out dough.
• Sprinkle the filling on top of the butter, leaving about an inch around edges to seal.
• Roll up starting at long side.
• Cut into 12 equal slices.
• Place six slices on the out side of pan as lining the sides.
• Place the last rolls (with cut sides together) in the centre of pan.
• Cover loosely and let rise until dough reaches top of pan about another hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, Bake 45 minutes to 55 minutes-- Tester into cake should come away clean-- Remove from oven and turn out of the pan onto a wire rack.
• Let cool completely.
• Serve with a light dusting of confectioners sugar.
• Or wrap well in saran wrap and then foil and can be frozen for 4 months.