I'm not really in the mood for this. To write my first post and all. But then again, I will probably never be. I'm a complicated mix of lazy and perfectionist. And I've been wanting to get this blog started for such a long time, I figure now is as good a time as any.
So here comes. This cake: perfect.
It's a birthday cake for my sister, who lives far enough away that I'll need to ship it, and it will probably never arrive, so if I can't give her a cake for her birthday, I'll give her my first post and a picture of it. She'll get it when then two of us...shall meet again..in thunder lightning or in rain. Hopefully ere, the set of sun!
Brownie Bottom Layer
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup margarine
70 gr very dark chocolate (60 or 70 % at least!!)
1/4 cup soy milk
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cups flour
pinch of salt
vanilla if you like (1 tsp extract, real Bourbon vanilla, your preference!)
Mint&Cream Layer
1/4 cup margarine
2 cups powdered sugar circa
Japanese Mint Oil, FEW drops (to taste, but start with 3 or 4) or other essential mint oil (suitable for human consumption)
green food coloring
about 2 tablespoons soy milk, probably more
Coating:
100 gr dark chocolate
2 tablespoons coconut oil
Preheat the oven to 160 °C.
Melt the chocolate with the soymilk (in microwave or a bain-marie) until melted smoothly.
Stir in cocoa powder. Add margarine and sugar, stir until incorporated. Add the flour and salt (and Vanilla). It will be a "stiff" dough.
"Butter" and dust with cocoa your baking pan. (I used a 10 cm round small springform pan). Bake for about 20 minutes or until it looks firm. Remove from oven, cool.
MInt-Cream: Cream together the margarine and powdered sugar. Add the mint extract+ food color. You want this to be still a little fluffy, not too stiff-- add soymilk until desired consistency is achieved.
Chocolate Coating:
Melt the chocolate and coconut oil (in microwave or a bain-marie). Add a little soymilk-- you want a firm, not too liquid coating. Add more chocolate, if needed. Let cool about a minute.
Remove brownie layer from pan. Spread Mint-cream evenly over it, spread the whole thing with chocolate
Chill thoroughly...and don't eat the cake, it's a birthday present!!!
