Thor Chocodiles

Thor Chocodiles

Ingredients:

cake ingredients:
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1-3/4 cups cake flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder

cream filling ingredients:
8 ounces mascarpone cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream

ganache ingredients:
6 ounces semi sweet chocolate chips
2/3 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prep the cake pan with melted butter. Mmm, buttery Thor. Set aside.

In a bowl whisk together the cake flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer beat the whipped cream until stiff peaks form – don’t go TOO FAR of you will get butter! Add the eggs one at a time until incorporated. Add the sugar and the vanilla.

Carefully add the flour mixture until combined.

Pour the batter into the cakelet pan. Obvs this only makes *one* Thor unless you want to wash it and start again after it’s baked, or you can just fill all the characters in with batter. Make sure you tap tap tap the pan to get out all of the air bubbles.

These golden pans really conduct heat well and if you butter it well and leave in the cakes a few minutes long they will get a golden brown exterior. Whether you want that or not is up to you but I like the definition it gives to the cakes.

Bake for 15-17 minutes depending on your oven, until a toothpick test comes out clean. Let cool on a wire rack.

While the cakes are cooling, make the filling: In a medium bowl combine mascarpone cheese, sugar, salt and vanilla. Stir together until smooth, and set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form – don’t overdo it, the last thing you want is for it to curdle. Then fold the whipped cream, into the mascarpone mixture until combined. Keep the filling in the fridge in an airtight container until you are ready to use.

Once the cakes are cool, use a #12 piping tip and fill a pastry bag with the filling. Pipe the little cakes as full as you like – just be careful and don’t go overboard! Keep them in the fridge while you make the chocolate.

Now for the chocolate coating: in a small saucepan over low to medium heat – combine the chocolate chips, heavy cream and the vanilla. When it starts to melt, work fast and whisk it together. Keep whisking while the chocolate keeps melting and magically in a matter of seconds you will have a beautiful silky ganache. Let cool slightly.

Place the filled cakes on a wire rack, then spoon/pour the chocolate over the cakes. These should be served immediately or stay in the fridge due to the filling.

Now your Thor chocodiles are ready to serve! They are cake-y and delicious and give you the power to lift Mjolnir I SWEAR!!! Hm.