This Week's Parsha
Mishpatim
This Dessert:
Uncovered Pit
When someone digs a pit and doesn’t cover it or uncovers an already dug pit he has to pay for any damage caused by it.
What You Need:
Ingredients
¾ cup chocolate
Your favorite chocolate cake
Things
Parchment paper
Piping bag
Scissors
Platter
Paring knife
How to Make It:
Lay out a 6- inch sheet of parchment paper.
Using your preferred method, melt the chocolate and place it in a piping bag -- cut off the tip.
Pipe a solid 3 ½-inch circle of chocolate onto the parchment paper. Let the chocolate harden or slide onto a sheet pan and place in the freezer to speed up the process.
In the meantime, place the cake on a platter.
Cut a 3-inch circle in the center of the cake and remove the cake from that circle.
Crumble some of the cut out circle of cake and use it to cover the bottom of the platter inside the circle.
When the chocolate circle is hardened, place it on the cake right next to the hole.
A Chocolate Cake Recipe:
Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
½ cup cocoa powder
2 teaspoons instant coffee
1 cup hot water
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
12 tablespoons margarine, softened
1 ¼ cups sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
1 ¼ cups flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
Directions
Heat the oven to 350℉.
In a small bowl dissolve cocoa powder and instant coffee in hot water.
When cool mix in the vanilla extract.
Cream the margarine in a large bowl.
Slowly sprinkle in the sugar while beating until the mixture is fluffy.
Add the eggs one at a time, beat for a minute after each egg.
Whisk together the dry ingredients in a separate small bowl.
Add the dry ingredients and cocoa mixture into the margarine mixture alternately in thirds while mixing on medium speed, adding the next set of thirds after the previous set is almost mixed in.
Mix about 15 seconds longer than necessary until satiny.
Split the batter between two well greased 8-inch round pans.
Bake for 20 - 30 minutes.
Let cool in the pans for a few minutes before removing from the pans.
