Celebrate Children’s Day with Delightful Treats
Celebrate Children’s Day with a delightful assortment of treats that are sure to make the day extra special! These recipes – Strawberry Cheesecake, Warm Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream, and Rainbow Chocolate Truffle Balls – are perfect for adding a touch of sweetness to your celebrations. Each one is easy to prepare at home and offers a unique combination of flavors that children and adults alike will enjoy. Whether it's the creamy richness of cheesecake, the warm decadence of chocolate cake, or the fun of rainbow-sprinkled truffles, these desserts will bring smiles to everyone. Enjoy a fun-filled Children’s Day with these delightful homemade treats!
STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE
For the cake Portions: 3 moulds
• Cream cheese 1kg
• Egg white 4nos
• Egg yolk 4nos
• Corn flour 60gm
• Milk 70ml
• Cream fresh 225gms
• Sour cream 200gm
Method:
• In a medium mixer fitted with a paddle combine cream cheese, corn starch & sugar.
• Cream for some time until light & fluffy.
• Slowly add in the whole eggs & keep on creaming.
• Add the sour cream & finally add in the heavy cream.
• Cream for some more time.
• Arrange cookie crumb base cake mold or ring
• Strain the mixture & pour in well-greased cake molds.
• Bake at 160 C in a water bath for almost 1 hour.
• Cool down, demoded & refrigerate.
• Once the cake has cooled down garnish the top with strawberries.
• Brush boiled apricot glaze on top
Warm Chocolate Cake served with Vanilla ice cream
Ingredients
Quantity
Melting Chocolate Cake
Semi-Sweet Chocolate – 400gms
Butter-8each
Fresh Eggs- 160 gms
Sugar-113 gms
Flour-113 gms
Vanilla essence 1 cup
Method:
Step 1
• Melt chocolate and butter together (ensure butter and chocolate is melted together - do not melt chocolate first
• Do not overheat the chocolate - max tempering temperature to be 31’C).
Step 2
• Mix half of fresh eggs and sugar together whisk for few minutes, then add flour.
• Whisk for a few minutes and then add the balance fresh eggs.
Step 3
• Add the above egg mixture to the melted chocolate mixture.
• Pour 120gm of the mixture into each ramekin.
Step 4
• Bake on a water bath in the oven at 160 C° for 25to 35 minutes (ensure to cook on low temperature). if cook without water 200 c 10 to 12 minutes
Step 5
• Serve hot with vanilla ice cream
Garnish:
o Sweet Chocolate
o Chocolate Run Out (please see the steps for making Run out)
o Powder sugar.
Rainbow chocolate truffle balls
Ingredients
Dark chocolate -500gm
Heavy cream- 200gm
Liquid glucose- 10gm
Orange zest -1gm
Dark chocolate melted -100gm
Rainbow sprinkle -100gm
METHOD:
• Boil the cream and add chopped chocolate, mix well
• Remove from pan and strain well keep it for resting 6 hours in air-condition room
• Take truffle mixture make a ball each 15 gm
• Coated with melted dark chocolate and coated with rainbow sprinkle
• Arrange in plate enjoy your home-made chocolate truffle
(Gopalasamy S, Speciality Chef, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd.)