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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes,rec.food.cooking
- From: arielle@bonkers.taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
- Subject: Snickers Cake
- Message-ID: <D1M3qF.JnJ@bonkers.taronga.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 1994 07:06:14 GMT
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- 10 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 1 1/4 cups butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 8 eggs, separated
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 6 ounces roasted unsalted peanuts, chopped
- 1 cup cake flour
- pinch cream of tartar
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- 5 egg yolks
- 1 1/2 cups plus 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 10 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 1/4 cups butter, softened
- 10 1-ounce Snickers bars, chopped
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- Preheat oven to 350F. Grease three 8" round cake pans. Line bottoms with
- wax paper.
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- Melt chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water; stir until
- smooth. Cool.
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- Cream butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add 1 1/4 cups sugar,
- beating until smooth. Beat in egg yolks 1 at a time. Mix in vanilla.
- Stir in chocolate, then peanuts. Sift flour over batter and fold in.
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- Beat egg whites with cream of tartar to soft peaks. Gradually add
- remaining 1/4 cup sugar and beat until stiff but not dry. Fold 1/2 of
- whites into batter, then fold in remaining whites. Divide batter among
- prepared pans. Bake until tester inserted in center comes out clean,
- 25 to 30 minutes. Cool 10 minutes, turn out onto racks and peel off
- paper. Cool to room temperature.
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- Beat yolks in bowl until pale yellow and ribbons form when beaters are
- lifted, 5 minutes.
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- Stir sugar and water in heavy saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves.
- Increase heat and boil without stirring until candy thermometer registers
- 234 to 240F (soft ball stage).
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- Beat hot syrup into egg yolks in slow steady stream. Continue beating
- until thick and cool, 10 minutes.
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- Melt chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water; stir until
- smooth. Remove from over water and let stand until cool but still liquid.
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- Gradually beat butter into yolk mixture 1 tablespoon at a time. Add
- chocolate and stir to combine. Transfer 2 cups buttercream to small bowl,
- stir in Snickers bars.
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- Place one cake layer on platter top side down. Spread half of Snickers
- buttercream over. Top with second cake layer. Spread remaining buttercream
- over. Top with third cake layer. Spoon 1 cup plain buttercream into
- pastry bag fitted with medium star tip. Frost top and sides of cake with
- remaining buttercream. Serve at room temperature.
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