The Ultimate Decadent Chocolate CakePreheat the oven to 250 degrees F. Butter a springform cake pan. Dust the pan with unsweetened cocoa. Set aside.
- 16 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, broken into small pieces
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 10 eggs, separated
- 1/4 cup Grand Marnier or Kahlúa
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Melt the chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler. When melted, slowly add 3/4 cup of sugar and stir until dissolved. Remove from the heat.
In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks until they are a lemon color. Add 1/4 cup of the hot chocolate mixture to the yolks and mix together. Add another 1/4 cup of the chocolate mixture to the eggs and mix. Continue this process until all the egg yolks are blended with the chocolate.
Return the chocolate mixture to the double boiler and cooked until slightly thickened. Add the Grand Marnier or Kahlúa and vanilla extract. Mix well.
Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
Beat the egg whites with an electric mixer, slowly adding half the remaining sugar to the egg whites, and beating until soft peaks are formed. Slowly add the remaining sugar and cream of tartar to the egg whites. Beat until stiff. Gently fold the chocolate mixture into the egg whites.
Pour the batter into the springform pan and bake for 3 hours.
Remove from the oven and cool. Handle the cake carefully because it can fall slightly. When room temperature, slide a knife around the sides of the springform pan and then remove the sides. Using a large knife, slice between the pan and the cake. Place the cake on a plate. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar and chocolate shavings.
Serve within several hours after removing it from the springform pan.
Serves 12.
spoony | from inside the mind of krix at May 27, 2004 05:31 PM .
O M G.... if you don't think i won't make this... wait... i w i l l make this one right away!!! i promise not to add any almond extract that the recipe doesn't call for anyway!... wait a minute...i've never baked a cake for 3 hours b4!...
Posted by: wanda on May 27, 2004 07:15 PMDo I detect a relapse in the Atkins-regime? ;-)
*drools*
Chocolate Keanu-cake! :-D I'm feeling all sorts of orgasmic now, thanx for that! ;-D
Posted by: Julie! on May 27, 2004 07:20 PMHey, Kiefer has a celebrity recipe there. Not sure what it means, whether it's his recipe or whether someone named their recipe after Kiefer.
Couldn't see any Keanu recipes, but if Keanu was a food item, he would DEFINITELY be a decadent chocolate cake! *licks lips*
Posted by: sta-cie on May 27, 2004 07:57 PMI developed a chocolate-cake recipy inspired by Keanu for Keanuette's birthday last year Stacie! :-)
It's somewhere in her archives, around the 9th of june :-) It has ingredients like a dash of cinnamon (for the color of his eyes), and the batter is stirred with a mixer, because around that time (Matrix) there, ehm... Were no spoons ;-)
I wonder if she's tried it yet :-)
And now I'm off to drool some more :-)
Posted by: Julie! on May 27, 2004 08:20 PMbiochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate
No, but if you're in need of a stimulant like that,
it works much faster and has a lot less calories...
wow krix,
beside the recipe, THIS headline and then THIS picture. You‘re so awesome! absolutely awesome! *lol*
Posted by: creezy on May 28, 2004 02:07 AMLOL!...when I think of Keaun as a food item, it makes me think of THESE racy song lyrics:
MY BOY LOLLIPOP
My boy lollipop
You make my heart go giddyup
You are as sweet as candy
You're my sugar dandy
Woah My boy lollipop
Never ever leave me
Because it would grieve me
My heart told me so
I love you I love you I love you so
But I don't want you to know
I need you I need you I need you so
And I'll never let you go
My boy lollipop
You make my heart go giddy up
You set the world on fire
You are my one desire
Woah my lollipop
I love you I love you I love you so
But I don't want you to know
I need you I need you I need you so
And I'll never let you go
My boy lollipop
You make my heart go giddy up
You set the world on fire
You are my one desire
Woah my lollipop
Woah my lollipop
My boy lollipop
My boy lollipop
My boy lollipop(fade out)
in my opinion, chocolade is overstimetes! (you can´t eat it 5 hours non-stop)
Posted by: vika on May 28, 2004 12:51 PMlooks totally decadent and yummy! Gotta try it!
;)
Decadent yes...but no doubt scrumptious!
Posted by: shelz on May 28, 2004 03:49 PMbut...the...
biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate...
i may have to take issue with that one... hmmmmmm.... how much chocolate/coco d o e s it take to equal a kiss from MR. REEVES?????????
didn't get to make the cake today...
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