Checker Cake

Seeing a very beautiful chocolate checkered cake, planting grass crazy inside, obviously an ordinary cake, with a little care, you can make a very ordinary chocolate smear cake, cut out a beautiful checkered, vanilla and cocoa Fen cake body, with chocolate, this is a thick and heavy taste, light-minded cake, need to be made for those who really have weight in the heart ~

Materials

Cake body
Low gluten powder 600g
White sugar 400g
300g butter
Milk 440g
6 eggs
2 teaspoons of natural vanilla extract (a few drops if not natural)
Cocoa powder 50g
Baking powder 10g

Ganesh
Dark chocolate 450g
Light cream 200g
Weight: 8 inches (two 8-inch cake molds need to be prepared)
Tools: 2 inch, 4 inch, 6 inch mousse circles, or a thin bowl or pot of corresponding size.

 Practice

①Low gluten flour, sugar, butter, baking powder, milk and eggs are mixed in a large mixing bucket. Turn on the chef machine to stir, and there is no chef machine that can be operated with an electric mixer.

② Stir at low speed for 2 minutes until it is evenly mixed. Increase the speed to high speed and stir for 3 minutes until the mixture thickens and turns white.

③ Divide the cake batter evenly into two parts, add vanilla extract into one part and mix evenly. Pour into the 8-inch mold prepared in advance. The mold should be covered with baking paper, otherwise it will not be easy to release. Finish the surface slightly.

④Into the preheated oven, bake at 170 ℃ for 55 minutes, out of the oven, after cooling slightly, all molds are removed.

⑤Add another part of the cake batter to the cocoa powder and mix evenly. Put it into the preheated oven and bake at 170 ℃ for 55 minutes. After it comes out of the oven, let it cool and release the mold. Because of the water absorption of cocoa powder, the same batter, cocoa will crack slightly on the top, which is normal.

⑥After the cake is all finished, let it cool. Flatten the top and cut each into two even pieces.

⑦ Prepare three mousse circles, which are 2 inches, 4 inches, and 6 inches. If you do not have a corresponding mousse circle, you can look for round utensils of the corresponding size in your home, such as thin-edged bowls and the like. As shown in the figure, used to press out the cake ring. Finally, cut all the vanilla flavored two pieces and cocoa flavored two pieces. Ready to combine.

⑧Release the traps of spaced colors to reconstruct an 8-inch wafer. The picture is not finished yet, so it is 3 layers, and finally 4 layers, 4 pieces.

⑨Chocolate ganache, chocolate and milk, melted in hot water into a shiny chocolate paste.

⑩Put a two-color cake slice on the decorating table, smear a layer of Ganache in the middle, put a second slice, and complete four slices in sequence.
★ Please pay attention when putting the cake slices, it is better to have a supporting piece underneath, so that it can be accurately reversed on the top, and it will not be broken because of improper operation.

⑪ Finally, a layer of Ganesh was smeared on the top and around. Put in the refrigerator and refrigerate until Ganash solidifies, then you can cut it and eat it.

The cake embryo itself is easy to make and belongs to a relatively solid taste, but remember to stir evenly without excessive stirring, and do not excessively shake the disk when baking in the mold. It is difficult to have a suitable cutting tool when assembling later It is a premise, coupled with conscientious and careful operation, it can be done in a way that is both modest and varied. Thick and heavy is the key word of this cake, and it has enough weight. It is suitable for the whole family to share around the stove in winter. It is especially happy. If your family loves chocolate ~