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- From: aviva@excelan (Aviva Garrett)
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- Subject: RECIPE: rich chocolate cake
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- Date: 30 Jan 87 04:49:49 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHOC-CAKE-3 D "27 Oct 86" 1987
- .RZ "FRENCH CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE" "A decadently rich chocolate cake"
- My mother got this recipe from a radio show about ten years ago.
- She was intrigued because the cake contains no flour.
- It is definitely for chocoholics.
- Although it is a two-layer cake, it is only about
- .AB "3\-4 inches" "7\-10 cm"
- thick when it's done, and has the consistency and density of a
- chocolate candy bar. It can be frozen if you find it too
- much to eat at one time.
- .IH "one cake"
- .SH CAKE
- .IG "2 tsp" "instant espresso coffee" "10 ml"
- .IG "\(14 cup" "hot water" "60 ml"
- .IG "7 oz" "semisweet chocolate" "200 g"
- .IG "2 oz" "bitter chocolate" "60 g"
- .IG "4" "eggs,"
- separated
- .IG "4 oz" "butter" "120 g"
- .IG "2/3 cup" "sugar" "125 g"
- .IG "\(14 tsp" "cream of tartar" "1 ml"
- .IG "\(34 cup" "sifted corn starch" "120 g"
- .SH FROSTING
- .IG "2 tsp" "instant espresso coffee" "10 ml"
- .IG "7 oz" "semisweet chocolate" "200 g"
- .IG "2 oz" "bitter chocolate" "60 g"
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "butter" "30 g"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Combine espresso, hot water, semisweet chocolate, and bitter
- chocolate in double boiler filled with hot water and cover.
- Without applying additional heat, melt the chocolate.
- .SK 2
- Butter two layer-cake pans, lay a sheet of waxed paper in each,
- and dust the pans with flour.
- (The pans should be able to hold
- .AB "4 cups" "1 liter"
- each.)
- .SK 3
- Beat the egg yolks and then gradually add
- .AB "2/3 cup" "125 g"
- of sugar until the yolks are thick and lemon colored.
- .SK 4
- Beat butter into the chocolate mixture.
- Add the chocolate mixture to the egg yolks and stir.
- .SK 5
- Beat the egg whites until foamy.
- Add the cream of tartar, and then gradually add up to
- .AB "2 Tbsp" "25 g"
- sugar.
- .SK 6
- Add the sifted corn starch gradually to the chocolate mixture,
- alternating with the egg whites.
- The corn starch and egg whites should be folded in to the
- chocolate mixture.
- .SK 7
- Pour half the batter into each cake pan.
- .SK 8
- Bake on the lower middle level of a preheated
- .TE 350 175
- oven until set on the sides.
- .SK 9
- Cool the cake in the pan, and then turn out onto a serving dish.
- .SK 10
- Combine the icing ingredients and make the icing as per Step 1.
- Ice the cake as you would a normal layer cake.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- difficult.
- .I Time:
- 2 hours.
- .I Precision:
- precise measurement important.
- .WR
- Aviva Garrett
- Santa Cruz, California, USA
- Excelan, Inc., San Jose, California
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