Death By Chocolate Cake
Recipe
- Title:
- Death By Chocolate Cake
- Categories:
- Chocolate, Cakes/choc.
- Yield:
- 6 servings
Ingredients
- 3 pk Ladyfingers
- 2 1/2 c Heavy cream
- 1/2 c Dark rum
- 1/4 c Sugar
- 1 1/2 lb Butter (no substitutes)
- 1 ts Vanilla
- 27 oz Semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 tb Vegetable oil
- 12
- Eggs
Directions
- From: John Totels, 25 May 89 00:13:00
Directions
- Here's a recipe I recently obtained from a friend who in turn received it from a friend ....
- This recipe can be made a week or so in advance, or so I'm told.
- It's more like a mousse than a cake, but it is indecently rich!
Directions
- Preparation: Paint outside of the ladyfingers with rum, and place flat side down, around the sides and on the bottom of a 10 in.
- springform pan.
- Melt butter in medium pan; remove from heat and add 24 oz.
- of the chocolate bits.
- Stir until melted; cool slightly.
- Beat the egg yokes into the mixture one at a time until all are incorporated into the chocolate.
- Beat the egg whites until they form stiff, not dry, peaks.
- Fold the whites into the chocolate mixture, and pour into the lined springform pan.
- Chill for at least 6 hours.
Directions
- Whip the cream until thickened and add the sugar and vanilla.
- Continue whipping until very stiff.
- Turn the cake onto a serving platter, removing the pan sides and bottom (the lady fingers will now be on top).
- Spread a layer of whipped cream over the entire cake, then pipe the rest of the whipped decoratively however you wish around the cake - be imaginative! Melt the remaining chocolate chips with the oil in a double boiler.
- Cool completely.
- Dribble the sauce down the sides of the cake.
- Garnish with stemmed candied cherries.
- Store in the refrigerator.
Directions
- Should make about 16 servings, or 8 - depending....
Directions
- Note: If the cake is going to be displayed for any length of time, you may wish to use stabalized cream, and add 1 teaspoon of dissolved gelatin to the cake mixture.
Directions
- One more note: I don't know to whom the credit goes for this "slightly" fattening recipe, and I apologize for that.
- But I am passing it on to those of you who are in good health.
- If you are not in good health, you use this recipe at your own risk - 12 eggs, 2-1/2 cups of cream, 27 oz.
- of chocolate, 1-1/2 lb.
- of butter (no substitutes) - there ought to be a law! Thanks for listening.
[ Comment, Edit or Article Submission ]
