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- From: david james foremsky <deej@engin.umich.edu>
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Flourless Chocolate Cake
- Date: 21 May 1994 18:18:15 -0400
- Organization: University of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
- Message-ID: <2rm1b7$631@s.ms.uky.edu>
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- Flourless Foolproof Fabulous Chocolate Cake
- from "Special Desserts" by Ann Amernick, Clarkson Potter, publishers
-
- 10 oz bittersweet chocolate
- 1/2 cup softened unsalted butter
- 1/2 c sugar
- 5 eggs separated
- 2 tbsp dark rum
- 1/3 c chopped walnuts
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- 2 1/2 c Creme Ganache
-
- 3 c crushed English Toffee
-
- Preheat the oven to 325.
- Butter an 8-inch cake pan and line the bottom with parchment
- paper. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. Beat the butter with 1/4 cup
- of the sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks, two at a time, and
- then the rum, then the walnuts, beating well each time.
- In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites and the rest of the sugar
- until they are stiff and shiny. Add the melted chocolate to the butter
- mixture and combine well. Fold in the egg whites and combine well, until
- there are no more white streaks. Pour the mixture into the cake pan and
- bake about 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out
- with a few crumbs.
-
- Cool the cake and then chill.
-
- Whip 2 1/2 cups of ganache until light and fluffy. Smooth a little of the
- ganache on top of the chilled cake. Sprinkle crushed toffee on top of the
- cake, and then cover the whole thing, top and sides, with ganache and chill
- for two hours.
-
- Serve the cake at room temperature.
-
- CREME GANACHE
-
- 1 qt heavy cream
- 2 lbs bittersweet chocolate
-
- Bring the cream to a boil in a 6-quart pot. When the cream boils, remove it
- from the heat immediately and add all the chocolate at once. Stir with a
- wire whisk until the chocolate is all melted. Pour into a bowl, allow to cool
- at room temperature, cover with plastic wrap, and chill. You can keep in
- the refrigerator for a week or in the freezer for several months.
-
- ENGLISH TOFFEE
-
- 3 c chopped walnuts
- 3 c sugar
- 1/2 c water
- 1/2 c light corn syrup
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 c unsalted butter
-
- Preheat the oven to 175. Put nuts on a cookie sheet and place in the oven
- to keep warm. Coat another cookie tray with vegetable oil.
- Put the sugar, water, corn syrup, and vanilla in a heavy saucepan and stir
- well to dissolve the sugar. Wash down the sides of the pan with a pastry
- brush dipped in cold water so that there is no sugar clinging to the sides of
- the pan. Cook over high heat until it reaches a boil, continuing to wash
- down with water. After it has boiled for one minute, add the butter,
- stirring often. It is done when it registers 290 on a candy thermometer
- and it is the color of a brown paper bag. Remove from heat and stir in the
- walnuts. Pour the mixture onto the oiled sheet and let it cool completely.
-
- Rich Dean
- Weekend All Things Considered
- watc@clark.net
-
- By way of:
- David Foremsky
- deej@engin.umich.edu
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