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3 Days Affair Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Cholena / All my dishes 1 year, 4 months ago Make the truffle on the first day , Cake on the second day and Icing , Assembling on the third day . Make sure to wrap and put everything in the refrigerator . Prep:40m Cook:95m Servings:6	Cholena
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Ingredients

Truffle :

4 oz baking chocolate

1/2 C cream

1 tbsp sugar

1/4 C cocoa pwd

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Cake :

1 C flour

2 tsp butter

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp baking pwd

3/4 C cocoa pwd

1 C sugar

2 L eggs

1 C boiling water

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Icing :

2 C sugar

120 g butter

4 oz baking pwd

6 tbsp yogurt

2 tbsp gin ( optional )

1 tsp vanilla

Directions

Heat the cream and sugar .

Bring to boil and pour it on chocolate .

Whisk until smooth .

Pour on a dinner plate and spread evenly .

Freeze 15 mins or chill 30 mins until firm to touch .

Roll into 12 balls and and then roll them one by one in cocoa pwd .

Chill

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Pre heat oven at 180 deg .

Grease a 9 by 13 inch pan .

Sift the flour , soda and baking powder .

Sift cocoa separately .

Beat eggs and sugar for 2 mins .

Slowly add oil and beat for 1 min .

In slow stream add the waterand beat 45 secs .

In low speed add the dry ing and beat for 1 min .

Then increase the speed to high and beat for 2 mins .

Lower the speed and add cocoa pwd . Now beat for 1 min .

Pour in the pan and bake for 30 mins .

Cool and chill .

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Sift the sugar .

Beat the butter for 5 mins until soft .

Add the melted choc and beat until mixed .

Add the gin , vanilla essence and yogurt and beat for 15 secs .

Add the sugar at one batch and beat until mixed .

Now beat for 1 min .

Set 1/2 C icing aside.

Remaining in a pastry bag with star tip .

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Cut the sides of the cake to form a 11 1/2 by 7 /2 inch rectangle .

Now cut it lengthwise into 2 .

You will have 2 11 1/2 by 3 3/4 inches cake now .

Pipe 24 stars , 3 width and 8 lengthwise on top of one layer of cake .

The stars must touch each other .

Place the next layer cake on top .

Press gently to hold .

Use the reserved icing and do 12 stars and top of this cake .

( make stars 2 across width and 6 across the length ) .

Place truffle on top of each star .

Transfer slowly to baking sheet .

Chill 1 hr before cutting

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Comments

shine 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Oh my!
How did you know that I was up with the munchies ;-) This sounds decadent, and I'm all about decadent food!

Now I'm going to have to go find something suitable to eat... tough job after reading this ;-)

Take care,
Ray

mumtazcatering 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Ahhhhhhh...aptly named Cholena

ronnymarcus 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Youv'e done it again. THANKS!
Only one problem: What do I do on the fourth day?

ahmed1 1 year, 4 months ago said:
That was really professional Cholena..Thanks for sharing with us.

magali777 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Cholena, this is great!

busmamawilliams 1 year, 4 months ago said:
This will definitely be the recipe I use when I REALLY want to impress my guests! Thanks so much. Beautiful!

borinda 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Your recipe is absolutely beautifully done. The organization is blissful. As I read the ingredients and instructions I knew how long I'd invest and how well the end product would work and frankly I was mentally tasting it as I finished reading. Brava!!!

madmommy 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Cholena - what a sinfully delicious recipe!! Thank you so much for sharing. I'll have to point it out to my sister as well (she's a die hard chocoholic who is forever making nice meals for her boyfriend's parents!) You're awesome! Thanks again!
-To Ronnymarcus: re: what to do on the fourth day? Answer: REPENT! hahaha :)

greekgirrrl 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Gorgeous!!

angieaugusta 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Yummmy 3 day's...

pinkpasta 1 year, 4 months ago said:
This is for a true chocolate freak! ME!
Thanks for sharing!

chihuahua 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Stupendously gorgeous!

tazoncaffeine 1 year, 4 months ago said:
AWESOME! Very good directions. If only I can hold my hands steady handling all this chocolate. LOL I might just finish the recipe. Thanks :-)

krumkake 1 year, 4 months ago said:
That is a thing of beauty, cholena - an absolute show-stoppper! This is bound to bring on the ohhhs and ahhhhhs when served...thank you for your hard work, beautiful pictures, and most of all, thank you for sharing your creation with us!!

bluewaterandsand 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Sounds and looks fabulous! Fantastic post!

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