aqua, no nid 2 scram, skylar & her ah bu r great hosts and like pple over at their place. tiobo, skylar? =) skylar, u eat taiwan xiang chang when u're sick?? wah lau, wu siao bo ...
saw this recipe on women's weekly, for choc dessert lovers:
Chocolate Strawberry Charlotte Cake (serves 6)
* 1 cup water
* Half cup caster sugar
* 1 third cup strawberry-flavoured liqueur (optional)
* 1 X 250g packet sponge finger biscuits, halved crossways
* 140g strawberries, sliced thinly
* Choc eggs & halved strawberries 2 decorate
Filing
* 4 egg yolks
* Half cup caster sugar
* Half cup milk
* 300ml thickened cream
* 3 tbsps gelatine
* 1 & a half tbsps water
* 100g white chocs, melted
1 Grease a 22cm spring-form tin; line with clingfilm, extending film 5 cm above edge of tin;
2 Combine water & sugar in a pan; stir over low fire, without boiling, until sugar is dissolved. Bring to boil, uncovered, for 2 min. Stir in liqueur; cool. Dip biscuits in syrup; arrange flat side around inside of prepared tin. Dip remaining biscuits in syrup; arrange over base;
3 To prepare filling, whisk yolk and sugar until creamy. Pour milk and half the cream into a pan; bring to boil. Remove from fire. Gradually whisk hot milk mixture into egg mix; return mixture to pan. Stir over low fire; for 10 min; remove;
4 Sprinkle gelatine over water in a cup. Stand cup in pan of simmering; stir until dissolved. Stir into custard with melted chocolate. Cover with clingfilm; cool in fridge. Whip remaining cream until soft peaks form; fold into custard mix;
5 Pour one-third custard mix over biscuit base. Top with sliced strawberries, then remaining custard mix. Cover; refrigerate overnight. Serve with chocolate eggs and strawberries.
the recipe sounds a bit foreign 2 me, but the cake looks yummy. btw, does anyone has the recipe for cheese cake (the no baking needed type)?