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Naeun Kang
The special Gift
What is a special gift? What can be a good gift? Is an expensive product the best one? I don’t think so. Of course, it might be different to each and every person; I believe a gift filled with love is the best gift of all. We used to say; after all, it’s the thought that counts, not the price-tag. So I used to make something with heart on a special day; Christmas, parents’ and friends’ birthday, Valentine’s Day and the like. Though there are many kinds of present that we can make, l want to share the way to make a cake, because it always needs on a party. Though there are various kinds of cake, I’m going to explain how to make a strawberry whipped cream chocolate cake.
Before I begin to explain, we need to prepare several things; electric rice-cooker or oven, butter, 3 eggs, cocoa powder, sugar, weak flour, heavy whipping cream and 15 straw berries. There might be some people who say we need more money to make a cake comparing to buy it. However, it costs about from 10,000 won to 13,000 won and we can keep using the ingredients several more times. Also, when we consider the price of a cake in a bakery is at least 15,000 won, we can save our money.
First, put 3 eggs and 3/4 cup sugar in a big bowl and stir them with a whisk until they turn into ivory color. If you have an electric whisk, you can save your time. Next, put 4 spoons of butter in a small bowl and warm it for 30 seconds in microwave. Then, sift together 3/4 cup weak flour and one and a half spoons cacao powder into the big bowl where you stirred eggs and sugar. Also, put the warmed butter into the big bowl, and stir it quickly with a rice paddle. After that, let the stirred dough flow into the rice cooker. Then, cook it for 40 minutes in the rice cooker. If you use an oven, bake it for 20 minutes. During the choc-bread is made, we are going to make whipped cream and cut strawberries to decorate the cake.
To make the whipped cream, first, put one and 3/4 cups heavy cream and 2 spoons sugar into a medium bowl. Next, prepare ice water in a big bowl, and put it under the medium bowl. That’s for the cream to be made well and quickly. Then whip the cream and sugar until the whipped cream falls very slightly. After that, slice the straw berries as you want since those are for decoration. Then, put out the bread, cool it and cut it into 3 pieces. For decoration, put the first piece, apply the whipped cream, put some sliced strawberries, and cover with the whipped cream again. Repeat this 2 more times. Finally, you will have such a nice and tasty strawberry-whipped cream-choc cake.
Though making a cake seems to be difficult, it is easier than you think and the more you try, it becomes easier. This is the simple, easy, inexpensive and affordable way to show your heart to a person you love and to enjoy a party. This is exactly the special gift.
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Naeun Kang
The special Gift
What is a special gift? What can be a good gift? Is an expensive product the best one? It can be, but I don’t think it is all for the best. Of course, the best gift might be different to each and every person; I believe a gift filled with love is the best gift of all. We used to say; after all, it’s the thought that counts, not the price-tag. So I used to make something on a special day; Christmas, parents’ and friends’ birthday, Valentine’s Day and the like. Though there are many kinds of presents that we can make, I want to share how to make a cake, which always needs on a party, especially a strawberry whipped cream chocolate cake because it is easy for beginners to make, and most people love it.
Before I begin to explain, we need to prepare several things; electric rice-cooker or oven, butter, 3 eggs, cocoa powder, sugar, weak flour, heavy whipping cream and 15 straw berries. Since there seems to be many ingredients we prepare, there might be some people who say we need more money to make a cake comparing to buy it. However, it costs about from 10,000won to 13,000won to buy the ingredients and we can keep using it several more times. Also, when we consider the price of a cake in a bakery is at least 15,000won, we can save our money.
We will start by making the chocolate bread. First, Put 3 eggs and 3/4 cup sugar in a big bowl and stir them with a whisk until they turn into ivory color. If you have an electric whisk, you can save your time and effort. Next, put 4 spoons of butter in a small bowl and warm it for 30 seconds in microwave. Then, sift 3/4 cup of weak flour and one and a half spoons of cacao powder together into the big bowl where you stirred eggs and sugar. Also, put the warmed butter into the big bowl, and stir it quickly with a rice paddle. After that, let the stirred dough flow into the rice cooker. Then, cook it for 40 minutes like as you cook rice. If you use an oven, bake it for 20 minutes. During the choc-bread is being made, we are going to make whipped cream and cut strawberries to decorate the cake.
To make the whipped cream, first, put one and 3/4 cups of heavy cream and 2 spoons of sugar into a medium bowl. Next, prepare ice water in a big bowl, and put it under the medium bowl. That’s for the cream to be made well and quickly. Then, whip the cream and sugar together until the whipped cream falls very slightly. After that, slice the straw berries as you want since those are for decoration. Then, put out the bread, cool it and cut it into 3 pieces flatly.
For decoration, put the first piece of bread at the bottom, apply the whipped cream, put some sliced strawberries, and cover with the whipped cream again. Repeat this 2 more times and decorate the cake with strawberries as you wish. Finally, you will have such a nice and tasty strawberry-whipped cream-choc cake.
Though making a cake seems to be difficult, it is easier than you think and the more you try, it becomes easier. This is the simple, easy, inexpensive and affordable way to show your heart to a person you love and to enjoy a party. This is exactly the special gift.