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Devil’s Food Cake

/ sarahgiebens / 25 Comments

Hi guys!

If you love chocolate, this might become your FAVORITE dessert! You won’t be able to live without it, you’ll dream about it, you’ll want it every day all day long. Even for breakfast… It’s the Devil’s Food Cake!

I never really knew why they called it like that. Oh boy, how stupid could I be. It is so delicious it becomes evil. I’m not kidding!

The recipe I used is from – who else could it be – Laura in the Kitchen. Did I meantion how easy this recipe is?

Devils Food Cake

What do we need:

  • 300 g self-raising flour
  • 75 g cocoa powder
  • 400 g sugar
  • 240 g butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 80 ml milk
  • 2 cups of coffee
  • pinch of salt
  • 320 ml cream
  • 420 g dark chocolate
  • 2 9 inch pans

Devils Food Cake Recipe

How to:

First we make the frosting

  1. Heat the cream. Don’t let it boil.
  2. Chop the chocolate.
  3. Poor the cream over the chocolate and let it sit for a few minutes.
  4. Stir the chocolate-cream mixture until it becomes a dark and rich ganache.
  5. Set aside for a couple of hours until it gets the right structure.

Now for the cake

  1. Preheat the oven at 180°C.
  2. Mix together butter and sugar.
  3. Put the milk and the coffee in the saucepan you used to heat the cream and heat it.
  4. Add eggs and vanilla extract to the butter-sugar mixture.
  5. Put flour, cocoa powder and salt in one bowl and blend a bit.
  6. Put half of your dry ingredients in the mixer, together with half of your coffee-milk mixture.
  7. Mix until it’s combined.
  8. Put the other half of the dry ingredients and coffee-milk mixture in the mixer.
  9. mix until your batter is smooth. Don’t worry if the batter is very thin and liquid, that’s normal :)
  10. Divide the batter over 2 9 inch pans.
  11. Bake for 30 – 35 minutes.
  12. Let the cake cool completely.

Let’s build ourselves a cake!

  1. Put frosting on the bottom layer.
  2. Stack the 2nd cake on top.
  3. Frost the whole cake.
  4. EAT THE CAKE!

Devils Food Cake by Laura in the Kitchen

Here’s the video if you want to bake along with Laura

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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No Bake Strawberry Chocolate Tart

/ sarahgiebens / 16 Comments

Hi guys!

The recipe I’ve got for you today is not just good. It’s awesome!
Delicious and a little bit decadent. Just the way we like it ;)
Oh and super easy too!

I was scrolling up and down Pinterest because I really really wanted to bake make something. You know that feeling? I only had two eggs so a cake was not possible. Hmmm… There it was! I saw this gorgeous, delicious and slightly decadent tart from Home Cooking Adventure. I was sold. And I didn’t even need eggs! Although I did have to go to the store xD

No Bake Strawberry Chocolate Tart

What we need:

  • 30 Oreo cookies
  • 110 g melted butter
  • 200 g milk chocolate
  • 100 g dark chocolate
  • 200 ml heavy cream
  • strawberries
  • Tart pan
  • optional: white chocolate flakes

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How to:

  1. Crush the oreos to dust and add the melted butter.
  2. Put the crushed Oreos in the pan and make the bottom. Freeze until you finish the rest of this recipe.
  3. Heat the heavy cream.
  4. Cut the milk and dark chocolate in pieces.
  5. Poor the heated cream over the chocolate and let it sit for about 1 minute before stirring.
  6. Take out the tart pan and fill the bottom with the chocolate.
  7. Decorate with strawberries.
  8. Put this delicious tart in the fridge for at least 3 hours or over night.
  9. Optional: Decorate with white chocolate flakes

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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December Favorites & a question for you

/ sarahgiebens / 10 Comments

Hi guys!

Is the 19th of January still a time to post December favorites? Absolutely! Yes, I usually post them the first blogging day of the new month buuuuuut I went skiing so that wasn’t really possible :p Now you also know why I ‘dissapeared’ for a while. I know lots of you keep blogging during your holidays but I took two weeks off. No social media, no phone, no nothing except for my family and our holiday :) It was awesome! I’ll probably share some pictures on my social channels later.

So now that my batteries are fully charged again – not that they were empty – I have a question for you. Yes, right now before we get to the yummy part of this post because now your brains aren’t distracted yet ;)

Soon, Sarah’s Little Kitchen will reach its 2nd birthday. (Hooray!) And that calls for something new/different. Blogging in Dutch! And still in English as well of course. Why? Because I miss playing with words in my own language. I want to be able to use my own language to express myself and English expressions and Dutch ones don’t exactly align xD So I was thinking about adding Dutch to my post. I don’t know how yet. I’ve seen different ways to write in two languages so I’m still figuring out what would be best.

What do you think? Do or don’t? Let me know in the comments!

Now let’s get to the yummy part!

#1: Tiramisu

Tiramisu

I LOVE Tiramisu! And I love this cake-like version from Ginger & Bread even more!

#2: Caramel Toffee Cheesecake

Caramel Toffee Cheesecake

Thank you The Frugal Hausfrau for making us this awesome cheesecake! It looks to die for… Really.

#3: Slutty Brownie Cake

Slutty-Brownie-Cake

Oh. My. God. This. Looks. Too. Good. To. Be. True. I guess this decadent – but without a doubt oh so delicious – dessert does make you feel slutty when you’ve finished the thing. Yes, the whole cake. You don’t think you could resist, do you? I hope this recipe from What’s Gaby Cooking comes with a bucket.

#4: Disco Ball Chocolate Cola Cake

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You may think this is a simple chocolate cake with glitters. And you’re probably right. But simple recipes are the best because they – almost- can’t fail! Which means you can have dessert! And who wouldn’t want this fancy chocolate cola cake from Cupcakes & Curries? :D

#5: Baileys Cheesecake

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My mom would love this! She likes Cheesecake and Baileys – occasionally – so this would be a perfect fit for her :) Thank you Domestic Gothess. Now I know what birthday cake to make her in May ;)

Is your bucket full? ;)

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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Your 9 Sarah’s Little Kitchen Favorites

/ sarahgiebens / 4 Comments

Hi guys!

Sadly, Christmas is over. You’re probably just getting over that indigestion, aren’t you :p Hurry up because New Year is right around the corner! And that mostly means: more eating & drinking! Hooray!

Since at its end, I thought it’d be a good time to share with you your year here on Sarah’s Little Kitchen :)

We’ll start from number 9 to the winning number 1. Let’s see what you guys loved most.

#9: Raspberry Brownies

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#8: Nutella Brownies

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#7: Chunky Monkey Brownies

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#6: Canelés de Bordeaux

Canelés de Bordeaux

#5: Spicy Chai Latté Brownies

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#4: Speculoos Blondies

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#3: Nerdy Nummies Chocolate Chip Cookies

Nerdy Nummies Chocolate Chip Cookies!

#2: Oreo Cupcakes

Oreo Cupcake

#1: Oreo Cheesecake

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Djeez guys! I had no idea you loved brownies so much :o Well, obviously you like them but I’d never thought almost every brownie recipe I’ve made would end up in the Best 9 Of 2015 xD And of course, nothing can beat Oreo’s! :D

My personal favorite: these yummy Nutella Cupcakes I made for my Dad’s birthday :)

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Nutella Cupcake 01

I hope you had a great 2015 and may 2016 be even better! Happy New Year!

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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Homemade Chocolate Popsicles for the best Hot Chocolate

/ sarahgiebens / 11 Comments

Hi guys!

December is right around the corner, the days are getting shorter and it’s impossible to go outside without your thickest jacket and a scarf. Don’t even think about how cold your feet get from walking outside for a minute…

My ultimate solution: Homemade Hot Chocolate! And these Homemade Chocolate Popsicles make it even better ;)

Hot Chocolate Popsicles

December also means Christmas and I believe these Chocolate Popsicles make the perfect drink for every cozy Christmas party! It may not look very Christmas-y but the feeling you get from drinking hot coco together sure is :)

What do we need:

  • White Chocolate
  • Milk Chocolate
  • Dark Chocolate
  • Wooden spoons
  • Piping bags
  • Bowls to melt the chocolate in
  • Plastic cups
  • Toppings

Ingredients for our Homemade Chocolate Popsicles

How to:

  1. Melt your white, milk and dark chocolate in separate bowls. Do this by putting them in sessions of and stir in between each session.
  2. Put the melted chocolate in piping bags. Use separate bags as well.
  3. Cut off the tip of the piping bags.
  4. Choose what kind of chocolate popsicles you want: all in one colour, 2 colours, 3 colours, …
  5. Pipe your chocolate in the cups the way you like.
  6. Put the spoons in the cups. Your spoons should be completely covered (not the handle)
  7. Add your toppings.
  8. Let the chocolate popsicles cool and harden.
  9. After the popsicles have completely hardened, pull them out the cups. It may take some serious pulling but I know you can pull it off ;)
  10. Dip them in warm milk!
Hot Chocolate Popsicles before cooling

Before pulling them out

Hot Chocolate Popsicles for Hot Chocolate Milk

After :)

I’ve tried something special: adding some salted caramel from Colac to the popsicle. It worked! But you have to make sure you add just a little because the next layer of chocolate has to connect to the one before the caramel. Otherwise the popsicle won’t hold together.

I think restaurants or little tea rooms could easily make this for the holidays or just during Winter, don’t you think so too? :D

Hot Chocolate Popsicles with toppings
Salted Caramel Filling

Have a delicious day and a warm Winter <3
xxx Sarah

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Source of inspiration: PS by Dila

Lactosefree Chocolate Banana Pudding Cake

/ sarahgiebens / 1 Comment

Hi guys!

I’ve been busy thinking about recipes to make for the Imperial Lactose Free Baking game! It was difficult, I had a total mindfuck xD Why it was so hard to find something? Because it had to be 100% lactose free and it had to contain pudding. I didn’t know what to do, what to make, what to choose… Until the blubber in my brains tranformed into an actual brain ;)

Tadaaaaaa… May I present to you: Chocolate Banana Pudding Cake!

Chocolate Banana Pudding Cake

What we need for 6 little cakes:

  • 100 g sugar
  • 100 g Imperial self-raising flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 spoon of Imperial chocolate pudding powder, dissolved in 1/2 cup of soy milk
  • 100 g soy butter
  • 1 spoon of cocoa powder
  • 1/2 banana
  • baking molds

Lactosefree Chocolate Banana Pudding Cake

How to:

  1. Mix together butter and sugar.
  2. Add the eggs and mix until the batter becomes smooth.
  3. Sift the flour and mix well.
  4. Add cocoa powder and the dissolved pudding powder. Mix until the batter becomes smooth.
  5. Slice the banana and put one slice in each mold.
  6. Fill the molds for +- 3/4.
  7. Put one slice of banana on top, no need to push.
  8. Bake the little cakes for 20 minutes at 180 degrees centigrade.

Let the cakes cool for a little while before unmolding them. You can decorate them with powder sugar and mint. Cranberries or other red fruits give your plate a nice contrast with the brown cakes.

Chocolade Banaan Pudding Cake

I hope you like my recipe and if you do, please vote for it here :D I’ll love you forever <3

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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Nerdy Nummies Chocolate Chip Smart Cookies

/ sarahgiebens / 36 Comments

Hi guys!

If I were a cookie, I’d look a little something like this:

Nerdy Nummies Smart Cookie

This Nerdy Nummies Chocolate Chip Smart Cookie is the cutest cookie I’ve EVER seen!

You know I’m a big fan of Rosanna Pansino and her Nerdy Nummies series on YouTube, right? She introduced me to this cute cookie since it’s the logo of her series :) The minute I saw this Chocolate Chip Cookie, I knew I had to make it! It’s just so cute! And yummie ^^

Rosanna used cookie icing to make the glasses but mine just kept breaking (I’d even made blue glasses because mine is a bit blue :( ) So I turned to my first love, chocolate ;)

Nerdy Nummies Chocolate Chip Cookies!

What we need:

  • 260 g flour
  • 150 g white sugar
  • 150 g brown sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 300 g chocolate chips
  • 240 g butter

Chocolate Chip Cookies

How to:

  1. Combine flour and salt in a separate bowl
  2. Combine butter, both sugars and vanilla extract in your mixer.
  3. Add the eggs
  4. Slowly add the flour once the eggs are completely combined
  5. Fold in the chocolate chips. Make sure to keep a handfull of thema side to decorate our cookies
  6. Bake our cookies for about 15 minutes at 190 degrees centigrade or untill they turn golden brown

Nerdy Nummies Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oh, you thught I was the only one in my house who loved Chocolate Chip Cookies so much? We both did. But our little doggie seemed to like them pretty much too ;)

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Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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Chocolate Merengue

/ sarahgiebens / 22 Comments

Hi guys!

Do you know that sudden need to bake something? I haven’t been baking much lately and I really really REALLY needed to bake something yesterday!
But, as always when you get that sudden need, the stores were closed of course…
I didn’t have any butter left in my fridge. (Yes, that is indeed a strange fact)
What could I possibly make without butter? Something very easy ;)

I’ve made Chocolate Merengue! Super easy and very yummy :)

Chocolate Merengue 01

What you need:

  • 3 egg whites
  • 90 g crystal sugar
  • 30 g powder sugar
  • 10 g cocoa powder
  • Chocolate to rasp
  • Chocolate to melt
  • piping bag
  • baking sheet
  • baking tray

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How to:

  1. Preheat the oven at 100 degrees centigrade.
  2. Whip up the egg whites together with the crystal sugar.
  3. Gently fold in the cocoa powder and powder sugar.
  4. Put the merengue in a piping bag and pipe little heaps on a baking sheet in a baking tray.
  5. Rasp chocolate over the merengue.
  6. Bake for about 80 minutes.
  7. Melt the chocolate.
  8. Let them cool a bit and dip them in the melted chocolate.

Chocolate Merengue 07

I hope you guys love these little cuties as much as I do :)
If you have any recipes you’d like to see on the blog, please don’t hesitate to let me know! :D

Chocolate Merengue 05

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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Chunky Monkey Brownies

/ sarahgiebens / 19 Comments

Hi guys!

Apparently, I’m having a Brownies period xD
But you can never have too many Brownies, right?

Today is a very special Brownie-day. Why?
Because I’ve made Chunky Monkey Brownies!
Some of you might have heard about ‘Chunky Monkey’ before…
It is namely a flavour of Ben & Jerry’s!

Not that I have ever tasted that one…

But it absolutely brings a very interesting flavour to your Brownies!

Chunky Monkey Brownies. These Brownies are named after the Chunky Monkey ice cream flavor from Ben & Jerry's!

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Chocolate Ganache Tart

/ sarahgiebens / 30 Comments

Hi guys!

Those of you who know me well, know Laura in The Kitchen or Laura Vitale is my absolute favourite YouTuber/blogger :D
she is amazing!

Laura has finally decided to publish a book and it will be launched on the 6th of October. I’ve already pre-ordered it of course!
You can pre-order yours here and don’t forget to give her your order ID to get a signed bookplate!

Anyways, she makes the most delicious things! And she makes it seem so easy.
I watched her show about the Chocolate Ganache Tart and I was sold!
So todays recipe: Chocolate Ganache Tart

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