Recipe: Norwegian Cruise Line’s Sinful Chocolate Obsession & Princess Cruises’ Dirty Banana Drink

Calling all chocoholics! It’s good to be bad on October 28^th, on National Chocolate Day when you pair Norwegian Cruise Line’s Sinful Chocolate Obsession with Princess Cruises’ Dirty Banana Drink. You can’t have chocolate cake without a glass of milk or cup of coffee, so why not combine the two and have a boozy milkshake that will bring all the boys to the yard? And yes, we know we are recommending double-chocolate. But, can you really have too much chocolate? 

Sinful Chocolate Obsession – Norwegian Cruise Line

Cake Ingredients

• 2 lbs semisweet chocolate
• 4 1/2 oz butter
• 12 egg yolks
•  4 oz sugar separated
•  4 egg whites
•  1 tbsp rum
•  8 oz heavy cream
• 2 oz almonds toasted
• 2 oz pistachios chopped

Ganache Ingredients

•  2 lbs dark chocolate couvertures finely chopped, or best-quality dark chocolate
•  32 oz heavy cream

Instructions

• Melt chocolate and butter together.
• Whip yolks and 2 oz sugar together. Combine into chocolate butter mix.
• Whip whites together with 2 oz sugar and rum to volume. Combine into chocolate butter yolk mix.
• Whip the heavy cream and fold into mixture; fold in nuts.
• Pipe or spoon into individual cake dishes or ramekins, and top with a cardboard disk to act as base once flipped out. Freeze. (This recipe makes enough batter for 10 individual cakes.)
• Make ganache: Bring the heavy cream to a simmer. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate; allow one minute before stirring to blend. Strain and cool.
• Remove cakes from ramekins and plate with desired garnishes; Norwegian's chefs use raspberry sauce, vanilla sauce, mint sprigs, whipped cream and chocolate shavings. Top cake with ganache.

Dirty Banana Drink – Princess Cruises

 Ingredients

• Gosling’s Dark Rum
• Kahlua
• Patron XO Cafe Liqueur
• Heavy Cream
• Chocolate syrup
•  Fresh banana 

 Directions

• Combine ice, dark rum, Kahlua, cafe liqueur, heavy cream, chocolate syrup, and banana in a blender.
• Blend until thick and creamy. Pour into 2 small glasses or 1 large glass.
• Top with whipped cream before serving. Sprinkle lightly with cocoa powder, if desired.
• Note: To make a Not-So-Dirty Banana drink, skip the alcohol and add either ¼ cup of milk or ¼ cup of cold coffee.