Guilty and creamy!

Prune Chocolate cake

Ingredients

• 2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 6 tbsp butter (90g), cut into cubes
• 1 ¼ cup of boiling water
• 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 cup chopped pitted prunes
• 1/2 cup chopped dark chocolate

Method

• Grease a 9 inch round cake tin with butter and line the base with parchment paper. Pre-eat your oven to 170 degree celsius.
• In a medium bowl, combine prunes, butter and boiling water and mix well. Let it stand at room temperature until its cools.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. With a wire whisk, stir sugar in.
• Once the date and water mixture reaches room temperature, stir in a beaten egg but make sure water is not hot else egg will get poached.
• Stir wet ingredients into the flour mixture and mix with spatula just until the flour is moistened and no lumps of flour remain in the batter.
• Add the chocolate and mix well.
• Pour batter into the prepared tin. Bake for about one hour or until the toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• Cool the cake on a wire rack at room temperature before covering with the chocolate ganache or serve it just like that.

Chifferi Rigati With Cheese

Ingredients

• 2 cups, chifferi rigati
• 2 tablespoons, butter
• 2 tablespoons, all-purpose flour
• 2 and a half cup, milk
• ¼ cup cream
• ½ cup, cheddar cheese, grated
• ¼ cup, mozzarella cheese, grated
• ¼ teaspoon, sage leaves, finely chopped (optional)
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Sage leaves, dried oregano, chilli flakes for garnish (optional)

Method

• Cook pasta as per packet instructions.
• In a pan, melt butter, add flour and mix very well making sure that there are no lumps.
• Add milk and whisk thoroughly until it’s blended and there are no lumps in it. Simmer for a minute.
• Add sage, cream cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese; season with salt and pepper and mix. Cook for another minute until the cheese melts and it’s rich and creamy.
• Add boiled pasta and mix well. Dish out in a bowl, garnish with some oregano, chilli flakes and sage. Serve hot.

— Recipes courtesy: Bloggers from an international food company