Irish Cake Bombs

Name: Irish Cake Bombs
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: European, Irish
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking soda; 237 milliliters brewed coffee; 2 larges eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 355 milliliters Guinness Extra Stout; 1 teaspoons salt; 473 milliliters sugar; 2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces; 237 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process); 1 teaspoon vanilla

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Irish Cake Bombs a try. This vegetarian recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains around 10g of protein, 34g of fat, and a total of 756 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for st. patrick day. This recipe is typical of European cuisine. Head to the store and pick up baking soda, butter, cocoa powder, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 325F. Butter bundt pan well, then dust with 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, knocking out excess.

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Cocoa Powder

Butter

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Kugelhopf Pan

Oven

Heat coffee, Guinness, butter, and remaining cup cocoa powder in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, whisking, until butter is melted.

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Cocoa Powder

Guinness

Butter

Coffee

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Whisk

Sauce Pan

Remove from heat, then add sugar and whisk until dissolved, about 1 minute.

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Sugar

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Whisk

Transfer mixture to a large bowl and cool 5 minutes.3.While chocolate mixture cools, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.

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Baking Soda

Chocolate

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Whisk together eggs and vanilla in a small bowl, then whisk into cooled chocolate mixture until combined well.

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Chocolate

Vanilla

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Add flour mixture and whisk until just combined (batter will be thin and bubbly).

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All Purpose Flour

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Whisk

Pour batter into bundt pan and bake until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes.

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Kugelhopf Pan

Oven

Skewers

Crumble cake into a pan to completely cool. Set aside.Source: adapted from Gourmet | September 2005Chocolate

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Frying Pan

In a food processor, process the chocolate until very fine.

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Chocolate

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Food Processor

In a medium saucepan over medium heat bring cream to a soft boil (look for small bubbles to form at the edge of saucepan).

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Cream

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Sauce Pan

With the motor on, pour the cream through the feed tube. Process for approximately 10 seconds or until smooth. Pulse in the butter. With the motor running add the Irish whiskey.

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Irish Whiskey

Butter

Cream

Press the ganache through a strainer and transfer to a pastry bag fitted with a #3 tip. Set aside an hour.Source: adapted from Rosie Levy Beranbaum

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Pastry Bag

Sieve

Whiskey Balls:1.Grind chocolate wafers coarsely in a food processor or blender, alternatively use a potato masher and your hands to crumble.

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Chocolate Wafer Cookies

Whiskey

Potato

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Food Processor

Potato Masher

Blender

Place chocolate in a medium bowl. In a medium pan over medium heat, stir cream and corn syrup until just beginning to boil. Do not rush.

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Corn Syrup

Chocolate

Cream

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Bowl

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Pour over chocolate; let stand afor 3 minutes, then gently mix until smooth. Do not vigorously or you will creat air bubbles. If glaze becomes too thick to use, heat over pan of simmering water, stirring constantly.ASSEMBLY:1.Using a in. melon baller, fill it with the Baileys Cheesecake

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Chocolate

Baileys Irish Cream

Glaze

Melon

Water

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Melon Baller

Frying Pan

Mix and level off any excess.

Pipe a in. ball of ganache onto the level melon baller filled with Bailey Cheesecake mixture. If you are using whiskey balls, mold your balls by hand and place them on the center of the Baileys filled melon baller. Refer to picture for visual sample.

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Baileys Irish Cream

Whiskey

Melon

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Melon Baller

Using a small knife or icing spatula create a dome around either the ganache or whiskey ball.

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Whiskey

Icing

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Offset Spatula

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Scoop out balled Baileys cheesescake and ganache or whisky ball and place in the Guinness cake crumb and gently roll until covered. Once covered, fill one hand with crumb then place crumbed ball at center. Scoop another handful onto the crumb ball and gently form a large outer cake ring rolling the ball in your hand.

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Guinness

Baileys Irish Cream

Whiskey

Roll