Godiva Hot Chocolate Cake Food

GODIVA HOT CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Generously coat an 8-inch soufflé dish with butter, then dust with granulated sugar.
• Melt chocolate and butter over double boiler.
• Stir in chocolate liqueur.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat egg yolks and whole eggs with electric mixer set at low speed.
• Pour chocolate-butter mixture into bowl while beating.
• In medium bowl, sift the confectioners' sugar and flour together.
• Gradually add this to the chocolate mixture.
• Mix at high speed until smooth, about 3 minutes.
• Pour cake mixture into soufflé dish.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes or until cake tests done with a wooden tooth pick.
• Serve hot with vanilla ice cream.

GODIVA CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• For the buttercream: cream butter until smooth.
• Sift the sugar and cocoa powder over the butter, add 1/3 cup of Godiva liqueur and slowly mix until smooth.
• For the cake: sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar and add the eggs one at a time beating after each addition.
• On low speed, stir in the chocolate and gradually add the reserved sifted ingredients in three additions, alternating with the buttermilk and 1/2 of the liqueur, beat until smooth.
• Divide the batter among 3 greased and floured 9" cake pans.
• Bake in a preheated oven 375: for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and cool in pans for 10 minutes, then invert onto rack to cool completely.
• Chill the layers in the freezer for about 30 minutes until firm.
• To assemble the cake: remove the cake layers from the freezer and brush with the remaining liqueur before spreading 3/4 cup of the buttercream between each layer.
• Spread the remaining buttercream over the top and sides of the cake which has been placed on a serving plate.
• Serve immediately or refrigerate. If not serving immediately and have it stored in the refrigerator, remove the cake 1 hour prior to serving.
• Garnish with chocolate curls if using.

CHOCOLATE GODIVA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 and flour a 9 inch, springform cake pan.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, salt in separate bowl. Cream butter and sugar with mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each one. Adjust speed to low and add chocolate. Add in flour mixture until well blended. Add half of the buttermilk and half of the liquor, alternating until all are mixed well. Batter will be thicker than most box mixes.
• Pour into cake pan and bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted. Let cake cool for 5 minutes, then run a knife around the edge to loosen edges. Let cool for another 10 minutes, then release the sides of the pan.
• (This can also be used to make a layer cake, divide batter accordingly.).

GODIVA DEVILISHLY HOT-HOT CHOCOLATE WITH CAYENNE WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• HOT CHOCOLATE:.
• Place chocolate and water in microwave-safe bowl and microwave on medium (50% power) 1 minute; Stir.
• Microwave an additional minute more or until chocolate softens, stir until smooth; let cool.
• Combine milk, cloves, cinnamon sticks & cayenne pepper in a saucepan.
• Warm milk mixture over medium heat until bubbles form around edge of pan.
• Whisk chocolate mixture into milk.
• Add sugar and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Strain mixture, reserving cinnamon sticks.
• Rinse cinnamon sticks, pat dry and set aside for garnish.
• Return mixture to saucepan and stir in cream.
• Over low heat, heat to simmer.
• Stir in vanilla extract.
• CAYENNE WHIPPED CREAM:.
• Combine all ingredients in bowl and whisk until stiff peaks form.
• Pour hot chocolate into four mugs and serve immediately topped with Cayenne Whipped Cream and a cinnamon stick garnish.

GODIVA CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Make the chocolate crust:.
• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Tightly wrap bottom of 9-inch springform pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
• Mix together cookie crumbs and melted butter in bowl until combined.
• Press mixture into bottom of prepared pan.
• Refrigerate crust while preparing filling.
• Make the filling:.
• Place chocolate in microwave-safe bowl.
• Microwave on medium (50% power) for 1 minute. Stir.
• Microwave 30 seconds more or until chocolate is softened. Stir until smooth and let cool.
• Beat cream cheese in mixing bowl until creamy, using electric mixer at low speed.
• Gradually add sugar and beat until blended.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Dissolve salt in hot coffee.
• At low speed, slowly beat in the coffee.
• Beat in vanilla and melted chocolate until blended.
• Pour mixture over crust.
• Place cheesecake in roasting pan.
• Pour boiling water into roasting pan so that the water comes halfway up the side of the springform pan.
• Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until center is firm.
• Leave cheesecake in the oven and turn off the oven.
• Prop oven door open and allow cheesecake to cool in the oven for 1 hour.
• Remove cheesecake from roasting pan.
• Cool cheesecake in the pan on wire rack.
• When cheesecake is cooled, cover pan with aluminum foil and refrigerate at least 6 hours or overnight.
• Make the whipped cream topping:.
• Loosen edge of cheesecake with a knife. Remove side of springform pan.
• Beat cream, sugar and vanilla in mixing bowl until stiff peaks form, using electric mixer at medium speed.
• Reserve 1 cup whipped cream for garnish.
• Spread remaining cream over top of cheesecake.
• Sprinkle with grated chocolate.
• Fill a pastry bag fitted with a large closed star tip (such as Ateco #5) with reserved whipped cream.
• Pipe a border of rosettes around edge of cheesecake.
• Decorate with chocolate coffee beans.
• Cut cheesecake into wedges.