Beef Meatballs with Hoisin Sauce/海鲜酱牛肉丸

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Hoisin sauce 2 tablespoons

White rice vinegar 2.5 tablespoons

Soy sauce 1 tablespoon

Sesame oil ½ teaspoon

Minced Ginger 1 teaspoon

Sugar-1 tablespoon

Water 2 tablespoons

Beef Meat balls 8 pieces

Mix all the spice and sauce in a small bowl, and set aside.

Spray a little oil in a small nonstick pan then pan fry meatballs with low heat, add sauce and cook for 3 minutes. You can sprinkle some sesame seeds and scallions.

You can also make your own meatballs and it will be more delicious. I used the beef meat balls I bought from Costco.

 

海鲜酱 2大勺

白米醋2.5大勺

生抽1大勺

芝麻油 ½茶勺

姜末 1茶勺

糖1大勺

水2 大勺

牛肉丸 8颗

把以上除了肉丸子以外的酱料放一小碗里搅拌均匀备用。

在一小的不沾锅里喷一点油加入解冻过的肉丸子小火煎一煎后加入酱料煮3分钟就可以了。 可以撒点芝麻和葱花。

你也可以自己做肉丸子来煮那更新鲜好吃。我因为从costco买了很多牛肉丸子就省了做丸子的时间了。

 

 

Sweet And Sour Ribs/甜酸排骨

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Spare ribs

Potato

Onion

Celery

Carrot

 

When you see the ingredients above you must be thinking that I forgot to add the quantity of each ingredient, right? Today this dish is not about the dish itself, feel free to use as much or little as you want. But I will tell you the most important aspect of this dish – how to make the seasoning sauce. Actually, even the above ingredients can be ignored since this is all about the sauce. In a hot summer time like now, a dish cooked with such delicious sweet, sour,spicy  and savory sauce will make you eating nonstop.

Ok, here is the sauce: Water: ketchup: Thailand sweet chili sauce: white vinegar = 4:2:1:1. Mix everything well and set sauce aside.

Ribs and potatoes cut into small pieces, marinate with salt, cooking wine, chicken powder and starch for 1 hour.

Onion and celery shredded, carrot sliced and set aside.

Pour some oil in a cooking pan, heated up oil to around 150C, add ribs and potatoes and deep fried for 4,5  minutes then take them out of the oil. Reheat oil to around 180C and fry ribs and potatoes for 2 more minutes or until golden brown and crunchy outside.

Pour out the remaining oil and leave only a little oil in the pan, add onions, carrots and celery and stir-fry 2 minutes, add just pinch of salt for flavor.

Add sauce and potatoes, ribs and mix well. If you add more sauce then you may want to add a little bit of starch water to thicken the sauce. I didn’t put a lot of sauce so there was no need to thicken it up. If you like the dish to be sweeter you can add some sugar, but I personally think this is sweet enough.

排骨

土豆

洋葱

西芹

胡萝卜

看到这你一定以为我忘了写用量了对吗? 今天这道菜不写用量, 你们随意。 但是我会把最重要的酱汁调料的比例跟你讲。 其实连以上材料都可以忽略不写的。 因为今天其实是介绍这款酱汁。 在这炎炎夏日, 来这么一款又酸,又甜,又有点辣的酱汁你煮什么都会让你吃到停不下来。

好了废话少说。 水:番茄酱:泰国甜辣酱:白醋= 4:2:1:1.  按以上的比例调好酱汁备用。

排骨和土豆都切小块, 加盐,料酒,鸡粉和淀粉腌1个小时。

洋葱和西芹切丝, 胡萝卜切片备用。

锅中倒入油, 加热到5成热, 放入排骨和土豆炸4,5 分钟捞起。 等油温再热到7成热时再把排骨和土豆再倒人重炸2 分钟或炸到酥脆 捞起。

把锅中的油倒出剩一点底油加人洋葱,胡萝卜和西芹快炒2分钟加人一点的盐后加入酱汁和土豆,排骨翻炒均匀。 如果你加的酱汁很多就加一点的水淀粉勾芡。 我煮的时候没有放很多所以不需勾芡了。 你若喜欢更甜的可以加糖, 但我个人觉的这样已经够甜了。

 

Beef Short Ribs with Asparagus/牛仔骨炒芦笋

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I love Beef short ribs a little too much recently (no wonder I gained weight!!!!). Today I cooked another beef short ribs dish. It is similar to my onion with beef short ribs I cooked 2 days ago. If you like your asparagus crunchy then cook them in boiling water for one minute then take them out and leave them in ice cool water to cool it down. Then saute with garlic (or other vegetables) and beef short ribs for 2 minutes just like how I cook them with onion.

https://caiqinchen.wordpress.com/2016/07/16/%e6%b4%8b%e8%91%b1%e5%bf%ab%e7%82%92%e7%89%9b%e4%bb%94%e9%aa%a8onion-with-beef-short-ribs/

最近吃牛仔骨有点上瘾了。 今天又煮了一道跟前2天差不多的菜。 今天用了芦笋。 如果你喜欢吃脆脆的芦笋那就在滚水了煮1分钟,马上捞起来放冰水里泡。 然后加蒜头炒2分钟就可以了。

https://caiqinchen.wordpress.com/2016/07/16/%e6%b4%8b%e8%91%b1%e5%bf%ab%e7%82%92%e7%89%9b%e4%bb%94%e9%aa%a8onion-with-beef-short-ribs/

Egg Omelette/蛋卷

This is a super easy egg omelette, not only it is delicious, but also very easy to make, and also very healthy and nutritious.

I don’t want to give a recipe for this dish because it will be much easier if you watch the video and be creative yourself. You can use any of your favor ingredients.

Here is the vedio: https://twitter.com/TastyJapan/status/752808149170597888

Hope you all enjoy it!

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这个蛋卷好吃又好做。 不止营养还很健康。 而且你根本不需要我给你食谱。 只要你看过这个视频你就会了。 至于食材的话你自己爱吃什么就用什么好了。

这是视频: https://twitter.com/TastyJapan/status/752808149170597888

希望你会喜欢!

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Scrambled Egg With Shrimps/虾抱蛋

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鸡蛋2个

小号洋葱1/5个切碎

红葱头 1粒切碎

大虾5只

青葱 适量

虾去壳,去虾线, 加少量盐,白胡椒粉和淀粉腌15分钟

烧半锅水, 加入虾水煮, 虾一变粉红色马上捞出,放凉,切成小块备用。

鸡蛋打入一碗中, 加1/4茶勺盐, 少量鸡粉和白胡椒粉打匀,加入虾,青葱。

平底锅中加3大勺的油,油热加入红葱头和洋葱炒到变软, 加入鸡蛋和虾大火快炒到鸡蛋凝固, 马上离火。

2 eggs

1/5 of Small onion chopped

1 clove of shallot chopped

Jumbo Shrimp 5 pieces

Some scallion

Pell and devein the shrimps. Add a small amount of salt, white pepper and starch and marinate for 15 minutes

Bring half a pot of water to boil, add shrimp to the water, once shrimps turn  pink immediately remove from boiling water,  let cool and cut into small pieces.

Beat the eggs in a bowl; add 1/4 teaspoons of salt, a little bit of chicken powder and white pepper.  Add shrimp and scallion.

Add 3 tablespoons of oil in the Pan, heat up oil add shallots and onion, sauté until tender, add the egg and shrimp  mix everything together once the egg is solid remove from heat.

洋葱快炒牛仔骨/Onion With Beef Short Ribs

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1

牛仔骨 375克

生抽1大勺

盐1/4茶勺

蚝油2大勺

鸡粉1/2茶勺

香油1/2茶勺

料酒1.5大勺

蒜头一颗切碎

小号洋葱 ½颗切丝

2

西芹3根切丝

洋葱 ½个切丝

红葱头2个切碎

牛仔骨放一大盆里加入水和1茶勺的苏打粉泡1-2个小时。

牛仔骨放水下冲到到没有血水为止。

把以上1中所有剩下的材料都加入到牛肉中搅拌均匀放冰箱腌个1-2小时。腌的越久越入味。

在一平底锅里加入3-4大勺的油,热油加入牛仔骨快炒3分钟盛出。

再加2大勺的油, 油热后加入洋葱和红葱先炒1-2分钟后加入西芹稍微再炒1 分钟加入1/4茶勺的盐,加入牛仔骨了, 炒匀后浇上1大勺的料酒就可出锅了。

1

Beef short Rib 375 g

Soy sauce 1 tablespoon

Salt 1/4 teaspoon

Oyster sauce 2 tablespoons

Chicken powder 1/2 teaspoon

Sesame oil 1/2 teaspoon

Cooking Wine 1.5 tablespoon

Garlic 1 clove chopped

½ Small onion sliced

2

3 stalks of celery shredded

½ Onion shredded

2 red shallots chopped

Beef short ribs cut into small pieces and put all into a large bowl, add cold water and 1 teaspoon of baking soda for 1-2 hours.

Run the ribs under the water until the water is clear and no blood. Drain.

Add the rest of the ingredients in 1 to the ribs and marinade for 1-2 hours. The longer the better flavor.

In a saucepan add 3-4 tablespoons of oil, heat up the oil and stir-fry ribs for 3 minutes. Set ribs aside.

Add 2 more tablespoons of the oil in the same pan, heat up oil again, add the onion and shallot and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes first and then add celery and sauté for 1 more minute add 1/4 teaspoon salt and ribs, then pour 1 tablespoon cooking wine and mix well.

 

福州糍粑

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1

红腰豆 155克

白糖1/2杯

2

干萝卜丝 80克

白糖 3/4 杯

桂圆1/4杯

3

糯米粉1包

粘米粉1/2 杯

水1+3/4杯

4

糯米1/2杯

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将红豆泡水过夜或至少3-4钟头

高压锅里上汽后煮15分钟

粽叶拿几片泡水备用

糯米泡水过夜

豆子拿出后摊开放在一个通风的地方晾干, 干到表面一点水分也没有,粒粒分明。 (这么做的目的是一会加糖的话不会出水不用炒, 也不要加油更健康) 把豆子稍微搅碎, 也不要碎的跟粉一样, 还是要有一点咬劲才好。 将1中的糖加进去, 搅拌均匀, 这时候如果因为晒得不够干而太稀了, 那就要放锅里加点油炒干了才可以包。

晾干的豆馅捏成一颗一颗的圆球。 大小要看你要做多大的糍粑。

干萝卜丝加水泡15-30分钟泡软, 洗净后控干水,放锅里隔水蒸10-12 分钟。

桂圆加一点点的水泡2-3分钟把水倒出。

在一平底锅里加2大勺油, 热一下油后加入蒸好的萝卜丝炒2分钟,加入2中的糖和桂圆再炒3-4分钟。凉干备用。

把晾干的馅料捏成一颗一颗的圆球。 大小要看你要做多大的糍粑。

泡过的粽叶剪成正方形, 做几个糍粑剪几片用于衬底

糯米滗干水备用

把3中的材料混合一起也可以加入1大勺的油活成皮料。

把皮料分成大小相等的小块, 跟做汤圆一样用皮料把馅料包起来后放手心搓圆,但糍粑要压扁, 再把其中一面放糯米上均匀粘上糯米后放在粽叶上, 有糯米的面朝上。

水开后隔水 蒸10分钟, (看大小调节时间)

为了好吃我是包了很多的馅料所以只做了5颗红豆馅的, 12颗萝卜丝馅的。 如果你包的馅不多, 那么皮料你要多做一点。 正宗的福州糍粑是用黑豆做的, 家里没有黑豆就用了红豆, 一样好吃。

 

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Cold Noodles/冷面

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Japanese Somen Noodles 4 oz.

Egg 1

Medium size Cucumber 1/2 (shredded)

Meat balls 3 pieces (optional)

Crab meat 2 sticks (optional)

Garlic 3 cloves(minced)

Dark soy sauce ½ tbsp.

Light soy sauce 1 tbsp.

Sugar 2tsp.

Balsamic vinegar 1.5 tbsp.

Chicken powder ½ tsp.

Sesame oil 1tsp

Hot oil ½ tbsp.

Oil 3-4 tbsp

Bring a pot of water to boil and add the noodles. When the water returns to boil again cook 3 more minutes, stir occasionally.

Drain, rinse with cold water to cool then rinse well.

Add 3 tbsp oil to a hot pan and heat it up until it smokes, pour the oil the garlic then add the rest of spice and sauce, stir well.

Break the egg in a bowl, Add a little bit of oil to the same pan to heat up oil and pour the egg into it to make a thin egg pancake. Shred the egg.

Get a big bowl, put everything in it and pour the sauce over and mix well. I didn’t use all the sauce I made here because I don’t want it to be too salty. You should try to add the sauce little by little until it reaches you preferences.

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日本寿麵條4 盎司。

蛋 1个

中等大小黃瓜 半个 (切丝)

肉球 3 个 (可不要)

螃蟹肉 2 枝 (可不要)

大蒜 3瓣(切茸)

老抽半湯匙。

醬油 1 湯匙。

糖 2 茶匙。

香醋 1.5 湯匙。

雞粉半茶匙。

麻油 1 茶匙

辣油半湯匙。

油 3-4 湯匙

一锅水燒開,加麵條。當水再燒開后再煮 3 分鐘,偶爾攪拌。

捞起、用冷的水來 沖洗冷卻,然後滗干水即可。

熱鍋加3 湯匙油、 加熱直到它冒煙,油倒入到装大蒜的碗里然後加入剩下的香料和醬汁,伴勻。

打雞蛋在碗裡,將一點點的油加到刚刚热油的鍋里,油燒熱,倒入雞蛋,煎薄薄的雞蛋煎餅。雞蛋切丝。

一大碗,把所有的材料都放進去,醬汁倒入,攪拌均勻。我沒有用所有的醬汁,因為我不想太咸。你應該嘗試醬汁一點一點的添加。

 

Cream Cheese Filling Chocolate Cake/巧克力乳酪夹层蛋糕

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这是我根据君之的方子做了一些改动后做出的蛋糕, 非常好吃。最近不停的做巧克力蛋糕, 要换一换口味了。 哈哈哈哈。。。 下次一定做别的。

原方在此: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4a5089ff0100g8jb.html

配料
巧克力蛋糕:面粉120克,可可粉25克,中号鸡蛋3个,细砂糖120克,黄油135克,泡打粉4克,小苏打1克,香草精1/2小勺
乳酪奶油:牛奶100克,细砂糖60克,蛋黄1个,低筋面粉5克,玉米淀粉5克,香草精1/4小勺,奶油奶酪140克,黄油65克
糖浆:水75克,细砂糖60克,朗姆酒25ML

巧克力浆︰½ 杯奶油,1 杯巧克力片,1 湯匙軟化黃油 可選不放

烤箱预热到375F度/190C 度

制作过程:
1、把鸡蛋打入碗里,加入细砂糖,鸡蛋打散即可,不要打发。
2、加入香草精。
3、低筋面粉、可可粉、泡打粉、小苏打混合后筛入鸡蛋里。
4、用橡皮刮刀拌匀成面糊。
5、黄油切成小块,隔水加热融化,趁黄油温热的时候,倒进面糊里。
6、继续翻拌,使黄油和面糊混合均匀。

7、将面糊倒入喷了油的7寸烤盘里,并用刮刀抹平。把烤盘放进预热好的烤箱,烤30-40分钟左右,牙签插入后抽出没有面糊即可。烤好后放烤盘里凉10分钟后倒出放架子上凉透。
8、接下来制作乳酪奶油馅。蛋黄用打蛋器打到浓稠,颜色略发白。
9、低筋面粉和玉米淀粉混合过筛入蛋黄糊里。
10、轻轻搅拌,使面粉和蛋黄糊混合均匀。
11、牛奶加糖,倒入奶锅里煮至沸腾。把煮沸的牛奶缓缓的倒1/3入第三步做好的蛋黄面糊里。边倒边不停的搅拌,防止蛋黄面糊结块。
12、把1/3的牛奶倒入蛋黄面糊并搅拌均匀后,把搅拌好的蛋黄面糊全部倒回牛奶锅里。并轻轻拌匀,加入香草精。
13、奶锅重新用小火加热,边加热边不停搅拌,直到面糊沸腾,变得浓稠后,立即离火。这个时候马上在煮好的蛋乳泥里加入奶油奶酪,不停的搅拌直到奶酪受热后变得软化,并完全和蛋乳泥混合在一起,成为光滑细腻的状态。放至完全冷却。
14、黄油软化以后,用打蛋器打发,直到体积膨松,颜色发白。

15、把第13步煮好的奶酪蛋乳泥倒入黄油里,用橡皮刮刀拌匀。
16、一直翻拌到均匀、光滑的状态,乳酪奶油馅就做好了。
17、把烤好的巧克力蛋糕,切成均匀的3 片。取一片蛋糕片,在表面和侧面都刷上足量的糖浆,使蛋糕完全湿润。
18、乳酪奶油均匀的涂在蛋糕片上, 盖上第二片蛋糕难后依次在涂上乳酪奶油直到把蛋糕做好。

19,放巧克力在一個小鍋裡,把奶油烧到冒小泡,注意不要燒開。熱奶油倒入巧克力混合。然後混勻直至表面光滑。拌入黃油來添加一些亮度。

20,当朱古力浆还没凝固时倒蛋糕上抹平。

21、做好的蛋糕,放进冰箱冷藏一晚,口味更佳。

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This cake is based on 君之’s recipe. I make some changes.

Original recipe is here: http://blog.Sina.com.CN/s/blog_4a5089ff0100g8jb.html

Ingredients:

Chocolate cake: cake flour 120g, 25g of cocoa powder, 3 medium eggs, sugar 120g, 135g of butter, baking powder 4g, 1g of baking soda, vanilla extra 1/2 teaspoon

Cream Cheese filling: milk 100g, sugar 60g, 1 egg yolk, cake flour 5g, 5g of corn starch, vanilla extra1/4 spoon, cream cheese 140g, butter 65g

Syrup: water 75g sugar 60g, rum 25ML

Mix water and sugar in a small pot and heat up until sugar melt add rum and let it cool down.

Chocolate ganache: ½ cup butter, 1 cup chocolate chips, 1 Tablespoon butter

Preheat oven to 375F degrees/190C degrees

Direction:

1, In a bowl, add sugar, eggs, and mix well.

2, Add vanilla extra.

3, Mix cake flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and filter into egg yolks mixture.

4, Mix everything into batter with a spatula

5, Cut the butter into small pieces, melt it. While butter is still warm, pour it to the batter.

6, Continue to mix until well combined.

7, Sprayed oil to a 7-inch spring form baking pan then pour the batter into it. Put the baking pan into the preheated oven and Bake 30-40 minutes, inserted a toothpick into the cake if it comes out clean then the cake is ready.  Leave the cake inside baking pan and cool for 10 minutes, then take it out and cool it on a rack.

8, For cream filling, beat egg yolks with whisk until thickened and color turns slightly white.

9, Sift together the cake flour and corn starch into egg yolks.

10, Gently stir the flour and egg yolk together.

11, Pour milk and sugar in a pot and bring to boil. Pour 1/3 of milk slowly to egg yolk batter.  Stir constantly to prevent any clotting.

12, Pour the batter back to the milk pot. Add vanilla extra and stir slowly.

13, Heat milk pan over low heat and stir constantly until batter is boiling, immediately remove from heat when thicken. Add cream cheese, keep stirring until cheese melts into the batter and becomes very smooth.  Cool completely.

14, After the butter soften, whisk until fluffy and the color turns white.

15, Add the batter from step 13 to the butter, and mix well with a rubber spatula, mix until uniform, smooth, then cream filling is ready.

16, Slice the chocolate cake into 3 even slices. Take a piece of cake and brush enough of syrup on the surface and make sure the cake is moist.

17, Evenly spread cream cheese filling on the cake, add the second piece and repeat the process until the cake is built up.

18, Place chocolate in a little bowl, add cream to a pot and bring to bubbling, be careful not boil. Pour hot cream to the chocolate and mix well until the surface is smooth. Stir in butter for brightness.

19, Pour the chocolate to the cake’s surface and use a spatula to smooth the surface. Keep the cake in the refrigerator overnight for better flavor.

 

Chocolate Mouse Cake/巧克力慕斯蛋糕

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材料:

  • 4个鸡蛋
  • 砂糖 100克
  • 低筋面粉 80克
  • 牛奶 3大勺
  • 奶油30克
  • 可可粉20克
  • 朗姆酒一大勺
  • 柠檬汁/白醋一小勺

预热烤箱340度 烘烤时间30-40分钟。烤盘6寸。

做法:

1.开火把奶油融化到冒小泡关火加入牛奶混合, 慢慢的筛入可可粉。 搅拌到光滑无颗粒即可,加入朗姆酒搅拌均匀。

2.鸡蛋冷藏取出,蛋白蛋黄分开。蛋清放入干净无油的打蛋 盆里加入柠檬汁或白醋,像打戚风蛋糕一样打发蛋白。糖分三次加入将蛋白打发至硬性发泡,拉起打蛋头蛋白成尖峰状。

3.将蛋黄一个一个加入到打发好的蛋白里,等第一个蛋黄搅拌均匀后再放入下一个蛋黄,等加完全部的蛋黄后,高速打发大约3分钟,蛋糊成细密光泽状,提起打蛋头,观察蛋糊缓缓流下,滴下的蛋糊会保持同一姿势不会立刻散开就好。

4.低粉过筛入打蛋盆里,这时面粉在蛋糊上应该不会下沉。用切拌和从底部向上翻拌的手法,搅拌成无干粉的光亮糊状, 非常细腻。

5.取1/3面糊到巧克力溶液中,稍稍混合,再把巧克力混和物倒回在蛋糊里,继续搅拌均匀。

6烤模中喷点油,倒入巧克力面糊,在台面上顿几下烤模,震出气泡,放入烤箱中层,340度,30到40分钟。插入牙签拔出后光滑没有面糊即可。

做好的蛋糕放冰箱一两个小时就可以吃了。 我为了让它更好吃一点就加了些慕斯夹馅。

慕斯:

  • 1/4 杯) 熱水
  • 2 湯匙 無糖可可粉
  • 1/4茶匙即溶咖啡
  • 3/4杯 半甜的巧克力片
  • 1 杯 奶油
  • 1 湯匙糖

 

在一隻小碗,溶解可可粉和即溶濃咖啡粉在熱水裡。

在一個隔水鍋中,融化巧克力直到匀稠。關火,稍微冷卻。

在碗中用打蛋器攪拌濃奶油和糖直到硬态形式。

融化的巧克力和可可混合物攪拌。加入一半的奶油,攪拌后再加入剩餘的奶油,攪拌直至沒有白色的條紋。放入冰箱冷藏至蛋糕完全冷卻。

把蛋糕切成3等分, 在第一片蛋糕上均匀涂上奶油后放上第二片蛋糕然后依次操作。 把涂好的蛋糕放入冰箱冰几个小时后就可以吃了。

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Ingredients:

  • 4 eggs
  • Sugar 100 g
  • Cake flour 80 g
  • Milk 3 tablespoons
  • Heavy cream 30 g
  • Cocoa powder 20 g
  • Rum 1 tablespoon
  • Lemon juice/vinegar 1 teaspoon

 

Preheat the oven to 340F degrees; it is about 30-40 minutes of baking. 6-inch baking pan.

Direction:

  1. melt butter in a small pan then add milk and turn the heat of, slowly sifted cocoa powder into the mixture. Stir until smooth then add rum and mix.
  2. separate egg white and yolks in different containers. Egg white must be in a clean and oil free Bowl, add lemon juice or white vinegar to egg white and whip the egg white like how we make a chiffon cake. Add in sugar in three separate times, and whip until the egg white reach stiff peak form.
  3. Add the egg yolks one by one to the egg white, mix it every time you add the yolk, then whip at high speed for about 3 minutes, egg mixture will become really smooth, lift the egg mixture the egg batter will slowly drip, but the batter should stay the same position not spread out

Immediately

  1. sift the flour into the egg mixture but the flour will stay on top of the batter. Mix it from the bottom to the top, do not make circles, and the mixture will become light and fluffy, very delicate.
  2. take 1/3 of the egg mixture to the chocolate batter, mix slightly, then pour the chocolate batter back into the rest of egg mixture and continue to stir until mixed.

6 spray some oil in a pan, pour the batter to the pan, pounding the bottom of the pan on the counter a few times to make sure there is no more air in the batter. 340F degrees, bake for 30-40 minutes. After you insert a toothpick and it comes out clean the cake is ready.

Refrigerate for one or two hours the cake is ready to eat. I want it to taste even better so I add some mousse to the leyers.

 

Mousse:

  • 1/4 cup hot water
  • 2 Tablespoons sugar free cocoa powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon instant coffee
  • 3/4 Cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 Tablespoon sugar

 

In a small bowl, dissolve instant coffee powder and cocoa powder in hot water.

Melt the chocolate until smooth in a double water boiler. Turn off the heat, let cool.

Whisk heavy cream and sugar together until hard peaks formed.

Stir in cocoa mixture in melted chocolate. Add half of the cream stir and then add the remaining cream and stir until you don’t see any white streaks. Refrigerate until you are ready to make the cake.

Cut the cake into 3 equal slices, spread the mouse evenly on the first piece of cake the stack the second piece of cake on top of it AAthen repeat it until the cake is built. Refrigerate the cake for a few hours.