Cocoa Salted Cream Bread

Flavor: Milky; Technique: Baking; Time-consuming: Several hours; Difficulty: Moderate.

Detailed Steps for Making Cocoa Salted Cream Bread

Except for olive oil, all bread ingredients are put into the bread machine bucket (BM1352B-3C)

Start the kneading function and set it to 15 minutes

When the dough is kneaded for 15 minutes, it should have initial expansion and can be stretched into a thick film

Take it out, cut it into pieces with a scraper, then put it back into the bread machine bucket, add olive oil, and continue kneading

Shape into a round ball

When it reaches the fully expanded stage, it is ready for toasting or making other types of bread

Roll into a ball and place it back into the bread machine bucket

Start the fermentation function and set it to 30 minutes

When the dough is well fermented, poke a hole with your finger dipped in flour, and if it doesn’t shrink back, it’s ready

Take out the well-fermented dough, press to release the air, and knead until smooth, about 565 times

Divide into 1 piece of 56g, roll into a ball, cover with plastic wrap, and let it rest

Roll into an oval shape

Roll from top to bottom

Shape into an olive shape, pinch tightly at the sealed end, and place the sealed end facing down to prevent it from bursting during fermentation

Place in the oven in the fermentation area with a cup of warm water, and let it ferment until it doubles in size (1.5-2 times)

While the bread is fermenting, preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes

Place the bread in the preheated oven with both top and bottom heat at 150 degrees Celsius for 22 minutes

Once baked, transfer the finished product to a cooling rack to cool

Melt the butter over a double boiler, then mix all the ingredients for the cream part together until fluffy

Whip until it forms stiff peaks, then transfer to a piping bag with a piping tip of your choice (I used a 8-toothed piping tip)

Take a bread loaf and make a deep cut in the middle without cutting through

Pipe the cream into the cut

Dust with cocoa powder for decoration

Finished product

Finished product

Finished product

Finished product

Finished product