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- From: kdeck@epaus.island.net (Karen Deck)
- Subject: COLLECTION: Chocolate Mousse Cakes
- Message-ID: <1995Jan2.225146.22857@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Organization: University of Chicago -- Academic Information Technologies
- Date: Mon, 2 Jan 1995 22:51:46 GMT
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- MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02
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- Title: Chocolate Mousse Cake Part One
- Categories: Desserts, Cakes, Chocolate
- Yield: 1 servings
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- MMMMM------------------------FOR THE CAKE-----------------------------
- 8 oz Semisweet chocolate;chopped
- Coarse
- 6 tb Unsalted butter;cut into
- Pieces, softened
- 8 Eggs;separated,room temp
- 1 c Sugar
- 2 tb Orange flavored liqueur
- 1 tb Orange rind; grated
- 1/4 ts Salt; plus a pinch
- 1 pn Cream of tartar
- 2/3 c Cake flour; SIFTED!!
- 9 oz Semisweet chocolate; chopped
- - coarse
- 6 Egg yolks; room temperature
- 3/4 c Sugar; + 1 tb
- 2 tb -Water
- 10 tb Unsalted butter
- -Cut in pieces and softened
-
- MMMMM----------------SEE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CAKE II---------------------
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- FOR THE CAKES: Butter two 9" round cake pans and line the bottoms
- with wax paper, then butter the paper. Dust the pans with flour and
- knock out the excess. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In the top of a double boiler, heat the chocolate over hot water,
- stirring, until just melted. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in
- the butter, one tablespoon at a time. Continue to stir the mixture
- until smooth. In the bowl of the mixer, beat the egg yolks until
- combined. Add 3/4 cup of the sugar, a little at a time, and continue
- to beat the mixture until it falls in a ribbon when the beater is
- lifted.
- Beat in the melted chocolate mixture, the liqueur and the orange
- pinch of salt until frothy. Add the cream of tartar and beat the
- whites until they hold soft peaks. Add the remaining 1/4 cup sugar, a
- little at a time, and beat the whites until they are stiff. Sift the
- flour with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt onto a sheet of wax paper.
- Stir one fourth of the whites into the batter. Fold in the remaining
- whites and sift and fold the flour mixture in batches into the egg
- mixture until just combined.
- Pour the batter into the cake pans, smoothing the tops, and bake the
- layers in the middle of the oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a cake
- tester inserted into the centers comes out clean. Let the cakes cool
- in the pans on racks for 5 minutes, invert the cakes onto the racks,
- and remove the wax paper carefully. Let the cakes cool completely.
- The cakes form a thin crust that will flake off.
-
- SEE PART TWO
-
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- MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02
-
- Title: Chocolate Mousse Cake (Part Two)
- Categories: Cakes, Toppings
- Yield: 1 servings
-
- MMMMM-----------------GANACHE ICING AND ASSEMBLY----------------------
-
- MMMMM-----------------FOR CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CAKE----------------------
- 1 c Heavy cream
- 8 oz Semisweet chocolate
- - Chopped coarse
- 2 tb Orange flavored liqueur
-
- MMMMM--------------------------GARNISH-------------------------------
- Oranges; halved/sliced thin
- - into half rounds/about 14
- - slices
-
- FOR THE GANACHE: In a small saucepan bring the cream just to a simmer.
- Remove the pan from the heat, add the chocolate and let the mixture
- stand, covered, for 5 minutes. Stir in the liqueur and continue to
- stir the ganache until smooth and tepid. Strain through a fine sieve
- into a small pitcher or a bowl with a lip.
-
- ASSEMBLY: Cut an 8" cardboard round and put one teaspoon of the
- mousse in the center of it, then set one of the cake layers, bottom
- side up on the cardboard. Cover the cake with some of the mousse,
- smoothing it into an even layer, and top it with the remaining layer,
- bottom side up. Cover the top and the sides of the cake with the
- remaining mousse, smoothing it with a spatula, and chill the cake
- until it is cold. Set the cake on a rack over a jelly roll pan and
- pour the creme ganache over it, smoothing it with a spatula to
- completely cover the top and sides of the cake. Let the cake stand at
- room temperature for 10 minutes and scrape any excess chocolate glaze
- from the jelly roll pan back into the saucepan. Heat the excess
- ganache, stirring, until smooth, cool it to tepid, and pour it over
- the cake, smoothing it with a spatula over the top and sides of the
- cake. Chill the cake until the glaze is set. Transfer the reserved
- chocolate mixture to a pastry bag. Arrange orange slices, rounded
- sides up on the top of the cake, so that one end of the slice is
- toward the center and the other is toward the edge of the cake. Pipe
- the chocolate mixture along the base on each side of the orange
- slices. Arrange the remaining cream decoratively around the bottom
- edge of the cake. Let the cake stand at room temperature for at least
- 15 minutes before serving.
-
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- MMMMM
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- MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02
-
- Title: Chocolate-Silk Mousse Cake
- Categories: Cakes
- Yield: 12 servings
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- 16 oz Semi-sweet Chocolate *
- 10 tb Unsalted Butter
- 4 ea Large Eggs
- 1 tb Sugar
- 1 tb Unbleached Flour
- 1 tb Real Vanilla Extract
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- MMMMM-------------------------GARNISHES------------------------------
- 1 x White Candy Roses
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- MMMMM---------------------------GLAZE--------------------------------
- 1/2 c Heavy Cream
- 3 oz (3 Sq)Semi-sweet Chocolate
-
- * There should be 16 squares of semi-sweet chocolate and they
- should
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- -- One to Three Days In Advance: Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Butter bottom and sides of an 8-inch springform pan. Line bottom with
- parchment or waxed paper. Using heavy-duty aluminum foil, wrap foil
- under and up outside of spring form pan to prevent leaks; set aside.
- In 3-qt saucepan, combine cut-up chocolate and butter. Cook over low
- heat, stirring often, until chocolate and butter melt and mixture is
- smooth. Remove from heat; cool 15 minutes. Meanwhile, with whisk,
- beat eggs and sugar over hot, but not boiling, water, until eggs are
- lukewarm and foamy and sugar is dissolved. Transfer to large bowl.
- Beat egg mixture at high speed until very thick and pale
- yellow--about 8 minutes. Beat in flour. Spoon about one fourth egg
- mixture into cooled chocolate. Fold chocolate back into remaining
- egg mixture. Pour into prepared pan. Place pan in deep roasting pan.
- Fill with enough hot water to come 2/3rds of the way up the side of
- springform pan. Bake 15 minutes (mixture will still be soft in
- center). Place cake on wire rack; remove foil; carefully loosen edge
- of cake with a sharp knife or metal spatula. DO NOT remove side of
- springform pan. Cool at room temperature 1 hour. Refrigerate
- overnight or up to 3 days. On day of serving prepare glaze: In small
- saucepan, combine heavy cream and chocolate. Cook over low heat,
- stirring often, until chocolate melts and mixture is smooth. Chill
- until thick enough to spread but still pourable--20 minutes. Loosen
- cake and remove sides of springform pan. Invert cake onto serving
- plate. Carefully remove bottom of springform pan and parchment paper.
- Spread some of the glaze on side of cake. Pour remaining glaze on
- top, spreading with a spatula to form a smooth surface. Let cake
- stand at room temperature about 30 minutes to set glaze before
- decorating with white candy roses.
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