I call them Cake rocks!
Not just because they look like rocks, but simple because they rock! ;)
If you are scared of cake pops and think they are complicated to do, here are my Cake rocks! Basically the same thing, just a bit easier, since there aren't any lolly sticks and no such thing like perfect shape. Just make some cake pop mix and you are ready to go :) Recipe: Yield: 30 Chocolate fondant:
-28 g dark chocolate
-28g white chocolate
-15g butter
-chopped pistachio nuts
-1/2 tsp cocoa powder
-1 egg
-15g granulated sugar
First prepare your ramekins by covering the insides with butter and cocoa powder. -Melt together chocolate, butter and cocoa powder, add pistachio nuts. -Beat egg white until it forms soft peaks.
-Beat together egg yolk and sugar until light in color and ful of air.
Gently fold in egg white. Try not to lose to much air. When it's mixed together, slowly add in chocolate mixture. Make sure the mixture is cold. -When it's well combined pour it in your fondant baking ramekins. Bake for 13-15 minutes on 200 degrees celsius. It's a bit more than for the usual fondant recipe...but we don't want the inside to be runny. After fondants are baked and cool, put them in a big bowl and add in 2 cups of any already baked cake that has been grind into small pieces. You can use any left overs you have. Since you already have lots of chocolate and flavor from pistachio nuts in fondant you don't need to add nothing more. Just get creative and start making rocks :) You can roll them in cocoa powder. If you want them to be more like cake pops
dip them in chocolate and then roll in chopped pistachio nuts.
Velikokrat dobim vprašanje kako dobiti lepo obliko cake popsa, tako okroglo, perfektno, ki poleg vsega še super stoji na palčki in ne zleze dol. Tudi do tega pridemo, ni nikakršen bavbav. Danes pa recept, ki je ena izmed mojih verzij za izdelavo cake popsov, a v malo drugačni preobleki :) Poimenovala sem jih Cake rocks-i, ali tortni kamenčki, ker zaradi organskih oblik spominjajo na kamenčke, pa še super so :) Recept: Dobimo približno 30 kamenčkov.
Čokoladni fondant:
-28 g temne čokolade
-28g bele čokolade
-15g masla
-sesekljane pistacije
-1/2 žličke kakava v prahu
-1 jajce
-15g sladkor
Pripravimo si modečke za peko fondanta tako, da jih premažemo z maslom in celotno površino posujemo s kakavom.
-V mikrovalovni pečici ali nad paro skupaj stopimo čokolado, maslo in kakav in dodamo pistacijo.
-Stepemo beljak do srednje trdote. -V glavni posodi stepemo skupaj rumenjak in sladkor, tako da dobimo puhasto maso svetle barve. Počasi vmešamo beljak in pazimo, da ne izgubimo preveč vmešanega zraka. Nato dodamo ohlajeno čokoladno zmes. Ko je zmes dobro zmešana jo vlijemo v prej pripravljene modele za peko čokoladnega fondanta.
Ker nočemo, da bi bil fondant na koncu pečenja v notranjosti tekoč, jih pečemo dlje kot običajno in sicer 13-15 minut na 200°C. Spečene in ohlajene fondante prestavimo vse v malo večjo posodo, zraven pa dodamo 2 skodelici vaniljevega biskvita, ki smo ga pripravili predhodno. Zamenjano ga lahko s poljubnim biskvitom. Pomembno je le to, da biskvit ni preveč moker, saj imamo vso aromo in potrebno mehkobo v čokoladnem fondantu. Vse skupaj zmiksamo in oblikujemo v poljubne kamenčke. Lahko jih povaljamo v kakavu v prahu, za bolj podoben izgled cake popsom pa lahko kamenčke potopimo v stopljeno čokolado in nato povaljamo v zdrobljenih pistacijah.
