Sunday, December 30, 2012

Eggless Cauldron Cakes

If you are an ardent fan of Harry potter books,you would have surely heard lot about this word cauldron. But i have never seen cauldron as cakes until Gayathri send us this recipe suggested by Archana for this month's Baking Eggless Challenge.Seriously when i saw this cake, i really want to make some soon as possible just to see how my kids will react to this beautiful very attractive cake. Finally i tried them this week, unfortunately i had hard time with the chocolate handles as they were seriously very fragile and i couldnt able to get them prefectly.Else everything came out extremely prefect and i filled my cauldron cake with mascarpone chesse filling.

My kids just enjoyed having this beautiful cakes even i served them with broken chocolate handles,i'll be making again soon for my son's birthday. Yep this cake is pretty easy to make apart from the chocolate handles. May be with more concentration and patience,i think i'll be able to get those chocolate handles prefectly next time,fingers crossed.Do check ChampaSrivalliSumana Deepak,Veena,Jayasri and Preeti Deo wat they baked for the last day of bake-a-thon.


2cups All purpose flour
1/4cup Unsweetened Dutch process cocao powder
1cup Sugar
1cup Yogurt
1tsp Baking powder
1/4tsp Baking soda
1/2cup Butter (room temperature)
1tbsp Cornstarch
1tsp Vanilla essence
1/4tsp Salt

Line the muffin mouls with paper liners.

Preheat the oven to 350F.

Sift the flour,cocao powder,corn starch,salt,baking soda and baking powder together.

In an another bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until they turn smooth, add the yogurt,vanill essence and beat for few minutes.

Fold in the flour mixture and mix gently with a spatula.

Pour enough batter to the lined baking mould and bale for 15-20minutes and let them cool completely.

Mascarpone Cheese Filling:

1/2cup Mascarpone cheese
1/4cup Heavy cream
1/2cup Confectioners sugar

Beat the heavy cream until stiff peaks form.

In an another bowl,beat the mascarpone cheese and confectioners sugar until everything get well mixed.

Gently fold the cream to the cheese mixture and mix well. Keep in fridge for atleast an hour before starting the filling.

Chocolate handles:
1/2cup Chocolate chips

Melt together the chocolate chips with few drops of water in microwave oven for a minute, whisk well and transfer it to a pastry bag.

Pipe it over a baking sheet as handles and keep aside until its hardens.

Chocolate Glaze:
1/2cup Chocolate chips
2tbsp Butter

Melt the chocolate with butter in microwave oven for a minutes, whisk well and keep aside for 5minutes,transfer it to a piping bag.

Assembling the cake:
With a cupcake corer or a sharp knife, cut out a cavity in the bottom of the cupcake,fill it with the already prepared mascarpone cheese filling.

Original recipe went for dipping the top of the cupcake into the chocolate glaze,i just skipped that part.

Now pipe the chocolate glaze around the edge of the cupcakes, place the already cooled chocolate handles on the top of the cupcakes.

Enjoy.

56 comments:

Vrinda said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely cakes, dutch processed cocoa powder is my fav ,but bit costly than the regular cocoa..New year wishes to you n family

Maria Jesus Novillas Mancho said... Reply To This Comment

EXCELENTE POSTRE,ME ENCANTA.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

this is completely new to me :) looks yummy

Love2cook Malaysia said... Reply To This Comment

Perfect for my breakfast now dear!!! So cute looking cakes :)

Nadji said... Reply To This Comment

Une très jolie forme pour ce chaudron gourmand.Je mangerai un chaudron pour la 1ere fois de ma vie.
Tres bonne année mon amie et a bientôt.

kausers kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Wow they look so cute dear...wish i cud have one. yummilicious.

great-secret-of-life said... Reply To This Comment

Suppppper! So tempting.... will try soon
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radha said... Reply To This Comment

How quaint. Cauldron cakes ! Looks yummy.

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Beautiful eggless chocolate cake Priya.

divyagcp said... Reply To This Comment

This cake is new to me. Looks so delicious and very interesting.. Am sure Thaara will love it.

Sowjanya@Ruchikacooks said... Reply To This Comment

Thanks Priyakka, wishing you and your teddies a very Happy new year filled with good health

Vikis Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Wow Priya, what a nice cake and I love that name very much. Perfectly done.

KrithisKitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Yumm-o-Yumm.. would love to pick some..

anjana said... Reply To This Comment

looks very nice and beautiful cake..really a very different version..bookmarked!

chow and chatter said... Reply To This Comment

these are super cute and I bet the handle was hard to make, happy new year

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

so cuties they r

www.mahaslovelyhome.com said... Reply To This Comment

TEMPTING PIC N PERFECTLY DONE MUFFINS.
Maha

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

These looks so cute n adorable, wish I could eat one :)

Alessandra said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious eggless cakes Priya!

And I also would like to wish you a Happy New Year!

Ciao
Alessandra

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

sooooo yummy!!! so chocolatey!!!
Sowmya
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Sangeetha Priya said... Reply To This Comment

Super inviting cake, very well done sis!!!
Wish you Happy NEW YEAR 2013!!!
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Vimitha Durai said... Reply To This Comment

Loving it. Looks cute and yum

Hamaree Rasoi said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious and yummy looking cupcakes. Looks delicious.
Deepa

Rekha said... Reply To This Comment

wow really superb and loved it.. wonderful cupcake..
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Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Cute pic...lovely luking cakes..
Happy New Year 2013...!!
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Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Excellent preparation dear...looking awesome....

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Hey how much sugar did u add? You have not mentioned sugar in the ingredients list!!!
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Gayathri Kumar said... Reply To This Comment

Looks excellent Priya. The cupcakes have a nice dome which I missed in my cakes...

Faseela said... Reply To This Comment

yummy, yummy, yummy......awesome dear

Faseela said... Reply To This Comment

Happy New Year Dear

Srivalli said... Reply To This Comment

Looks awesome Priya..and what a beautiful creation...it was fun doing the bakeathon along with you..:)

Vikis Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Wishing you and family a happy, prosperous and blessed New year.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

happy new year priya.. tempting cake..

Vidya Chandrahas said... Reply To This Comment

Wishing you and your family a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Cupcakes looks so cute..yummy too

Saritha said... Reply To This Comment

Happy new priya...

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

You make baking sound so effortless Priya, loved those cauldron cakes, cute.

Julie said... Reply To This Comment

super cutee:)
Wishing you & family a very Happy New Year !!
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Sonia said... Reply To This Comment

Hi There, This post is looking great! It was a real delight to see and learn so much from your each and every post. Hope to see more of your creative endeavours in the new year. Wish you and your family a very Happy and Blessed New Year!!! Happy Holidays :)
Love & Regards, Sonia !!!

Amina Creations said... Reply To This Comment

i too had only read about it in the book... had no idea how it would look like.. thanks for sharing... Wish you a very Happy New year...

BDSN said... Reply To This Comment

UR cakes looks awesome!

Kaveri Venkatesh said... Reply To This Comment

They look so cute Priya...Very nicely made.
A very happy new year to you and your family.

Ambreen (Simply Sweet n Savory) said... Reply To This Comment

Wow, so cute & delicious little cakes! Fantastic work, Priya!

Archana said... Reply To This Comment

Wow Priya these are fab.

Gajus kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Looks super yummy and love the mascarpone cheese filling

Jiboombaa said... Reply To This Comment

attractive and yummy Cauldron's.

Happy new year 2013!

Jaya M said... Reply To This Comment

Those looks delicious and with all the cheese,cream and chocolate -nothing can go wrong...Wish you and yours a very happy new year Priya...hugs and smiles

fimere said... Reply To This Comment

ils ont l'air délicieux
une excellente année 2013 plein de gourmandises

P said... Reply To This Comment

They look so moist and yummy Priya and the handle looks very cute as well. Happy New Year to you!

divya said... Reply To This Comment

Looks yummy and inviting. Happy new year

Laavanya said... Reply To This Comment

Very cute indeed.
Happy New year Priya!

Treat and Trick said... Reply To This Comment

Great creation dear! Wishing you a Prosperous New Year...

Sangeetha Nambi said... Reply To This Comment

Looks inviting... Love to taste this Priya...
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Happy New Year !!!

Hema said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious, love that cheese filling..

Myvegfare said... Reply To This Comment

your cauldron cakes looks really yummy I should have stuck to something like this than the marshmallow fluff I made..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Very testy and yummy cake making.
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cookingwithsapana said... Reply To This Comment

Wow these cakes looks so cute and very delicious Priya. Bookmarking to try soon.