Triple Chocolate Devil Drops Recipes

CHOCOLATE DEVILS

Steps:

• For the best chocolate sheet cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Use an 18-by-13-inch sheet cake pan. Cut parchment paper to fit the pan and spray each side with baking spray.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, granulated sugar and salt. In a saucepan, melt the butter. Add the cocoa to the butter and stir together. Add 1 cup boiling water to the pan and then allow the mixture to boil for 30 seconds. Pour over the flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.
• Pour the buttermilk into a bowl and add the baking soda, vanilla and beaten eggs. Stir the buttermilk mixture into the butter/flour mixture. Pour into the prepared cake pan and bake for 20 minutes. Let the cake cool completely.
• Cut the cooled cake into circles with a 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter, and then lay the circles on another sheet pan with a wire rack; set this pan in the fridge to make sure there is no warmth to the cake at all. (The frosting is so light and fluffy, the coolness will help keep it all together.)
• For the white frosting: In a small saucepan, whisk the flour into the milk and heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens. You want it to be very thick--thicker than cake mix, more like a brownie mix. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature. If in a hurry, place the saucepan over ice in the sink for about 10 minutes or so until the mixture cools. It must be completely cool before you use it in the next step. Stir in the vanilla.
• While the mixture is cooling, cream the butter and granulated sugar together until light and fluffy. You don't want any sugar graininess left. Then add the completely cooled milk/flour mixture and beat the living daylights out of it. If it looks separated, you haven't beaten it enough! Beat it until it all combines and resembles whipped cream. Grab a spoon and taste this wonderful goodness. If there is any left after your taste test, spread it on a cooled chocolate cake.
• For the ganache: Heat the cream until very hot. Add the vanilla, and then pour over the chocolate pieces. Stir to completely melt.
• To assemble: Place the white frosting into a frosting bag. Squeeze the frosting onto one circle of cake. Press a second circle on top. Using a ladle, pour ganache over the cake, allowing the chocolate to run over the sides. Place 3 cherries on the center. Repeat the process with each cake. Chill the cakes until ready to serve!

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE DROPS

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a medium-size bowl. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugars, instant coffee and vanilla together until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in melted chocolate.
• Stir in flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time, blending well after each addition. Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts, if desired. Cover and freeze or refrigerate until very firm, one to four hours.
• When ready to bake preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease four large baking sheets. Divide dough into sixths; refrigerate all but one portion.
• With floured hands, roll slightly rounded teaspoons of unrefrigerated dough into 1-inch balls. Arrange, 1 inch apart, on baking sheets. Repeat with remaining five portions of dough, keeping dough you're not working on refrigerated.
• Bake 7 to 9 minutes, or until barely brown on the bottom. Do not overbake. Cookies will seem very soft, but will firm as they cool. Cool cookies on racks.
• Spoon about 1 teaspoon of glaze on each cookie and spread with back of the spoon. If desired, lightly sprinkle each cookie with grated chocolate. Let glaze set before storing cookies in an airtight container for up to one week. They can be frozen.

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE DEVILS FOOD BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F.
• Prepare cake mix according to pakage directions, adding the pudding mix with the water, oil, and eggs.
• Stir 1c. of the chocolate chips into the batter.
• In separate bowl, cut butter into white sugar, add 2 tablespoons chocolate chips.
• Sprinkle 1/2 of the butter, sugar and chocolate chip mix in the bottom of the bundt pan.
• Pour cake batter into bundt pan.
• Sprinkle the other half of the sugar and butter mix on top of the cake.
• Bake at 350*F for 1 hour.
• Glaze with your favorite chocolate frosting. (Melt in the microwave to thin frosting slightly, drizzle over cake and sprinkle with more chocolate chips.).
• Enjoy!

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE SHORTBREAD DROPS

Steps:

• Toast flours under broiler for 7-11 minutes (it gives the cookies a nuttier flavor-- you can skip this step if you wish).
• Cream butter and sugars.
• Add flours and then the other ingredients.
• Drop onto parchment lined baking sheets.
• Bake @ 300 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until golden on bottom edges.

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE DEVIL DROPS

Steps:

• Sift together first 5 ingredients, gently whisk together and set aside. In the mixing bowl beat together until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes): 3/4 c. (1 1/2 sticks) butter - unsalted 1 1/3 c. sugar Then add: 2 eggs, one at a time beating well after each addition. Then alternating with the flour mixture add the vanilla and sour cream mixture: 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 2/3 c sour cream Using a wooden spoon add: 1c (6 oz.) Semi sweet chocolate chips Drop the dough by teaspoonfuls on the prepared baking sheets, spacing the cookies 1 inch a part. Bake the cookies 1 sheet at a time (unless you have a convection oven in which case you can do 2 at a time). Bake for 12 -15 minutes or until no impression is left when you touch a cookie very light with a finger. transfer the cookies to a wire rack and cook completely. White Chocolate Drizzle: 4 oz good quality white chocolate, chopped. In a double boiler, melt the white chocolate over barely simmering water, stirring frequently. Scrape the melted chocolate into a small sealable plastic bag and del the bag. Using scissors, cut a tiny hole in one of the corners of the bag. Arrange the cookies on a wire rack over the baking sheet. Drizzle the white chocolate over the cookies in thin parallel lines. refrigerate the cookies for 5 minutes or just until the chocolate is set.