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- From: burdick@evax11.eng.fsu.edu (Donna Burdick)
- Subject: Valrhona Chocolate Cake
- Message-ID: <CD3pGA.Azo@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
- Organization: Florida State University Computing Center
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- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 19:58:15 GMT
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- Valrhona Chocolate Cake
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- 5 1/2 oz imported bittersweet chocolate
- (not unsweetened & preferably Valrhona)
- 11 T unsalted butter
- 3 lg eggs
- 3 lg egg yolks
- 1/4 c plus 2 T sugar
- 5 T all-purpose flour
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- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter and flour six 6-oz custard cups.
- Mix chocolate and 11 tablespoons butter in a metal bowl. Set over saucepan
- of simmering water; stir until smooth. Cool slightly.
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- Using electric mixer, beat eggs, yolks and sugar in bowl until pale and
- thick, about 10 minutes. Reduce speed; gradually beat in flour. Add
- chocolate and continue to beat until thick and glossy, about 5 minutes.
- Divide among prepared cups. Bake until cake is set around the edges but
- center moves slightly when cup is moved--about 12 minutes. Cool slightly.
- Run sharp knife around edge of cups. Turn out onto plate. Serve warm
- with ice cream.
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- *NOTE: This is a wonderful chocolate creation, even for a confirmed non-
- chocoholic, if there is such a thing. I'm not able to get Valrhona
- Chocolate so I used Baker's chocolate squares, which is probably a hangin'
- offense for purists, but it came out splendidly. When the cakes are cut
- a chocolate sauce emerges from the center. It's a warm, completely
- mixed sauce and the cake has a moderate fudgelike texture. With vanilla
- ice cream it is exquisite. The recipe was developed by Chef 'Jo Jo'
- Vongerichten and appeared in the June 1992 Bon Appetit on pg 102.
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