chocolate bomb cake truffles

yesterday's goal was to make a 'ježek [yayge-ek]' or porcupine. it's a dense chocolate cake with an outer layer of chocolate. it is the proverbial SHEEEET. there are countless variations around slovenia and here's a picture of our take.

we took devil's food cake exploded it to bits+pieces, and reconstructed it into chocolate covered golf balls. the recipe is handy because it doesn't include shortening or self-raising flour. overall instructions:

make the cake. let it cool. tear into pieces. add cream cheese frosting. make yr bombs. chill in fridge. cover in chocolate. refrigerate overnight. devour until you puke.


devil's food cake (via 500 cakes by Susannah Blake)
170 g (6 oz) butter
240 g (8 oz) caster sugar
80 g (3 oz) unsweetened cocoa powder
300 ml (11 oz) milk
3 eggs
200 g (7 oz) plain flour
1.5 tsp baking powder
0.5 tsp salt

1. preheat oven to 180C (350F). grease two 9" round cake tins.
2. beat butter and sugar until creamy. take the cocoa and add milk bit by bit to make a smooth paste. add butter/sugar to the cocoa/milk.
3. beat eggs in one at a time.
4. combine flour, baking powder and salt in separate bowl. fold half of that into the chocolate mix slowly. stir in the remaining milk. fold in the rest of the flour mix.
5. pour the batter into both of the pans.
6. cook for 25 mins. test with the ol' toothpick to see if it sticks or not.
7. let it cool for a few minutes, then turn it onto a wire rack to cool completely (~30 mins)
8. for the little bombs, crumble up the whole cake. proceed to make the cream cheese frosting...


cream cheese frosting
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cream-cheese-frosting-ii-2/detail.aspx - i made half the recipe (12 servings, not 24)

after making it, mix it into the crumbled cake. make yr chocolate bombs and chill in the fridge for an hour or longer.


chocolate covering
melt cooking chocolate in a double boiler (or bowl put over boiling water. metal mixing bowls from ikea worked great for us). cover yr bombs with chocolate and put 'em on wax paper. chill in the fridge for several hours, overnight if you can resist.