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Checkerboard Cake recipe

 

Yield

1 cake

Prep

20 min

Cook

5 min

Ready

8 hrs
Trans-fat Free, Very low in sodium, Low Sodium

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
unsweetened
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½ cup sugar
white
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½ cup water
hot
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1 tablespoon gelatin, unflavored
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2 tablespoons water
cold
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4 each egg yolks
beaten
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 cup heavy whipping cream
whipping
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½ cup almonds
blanched, then browned and coarsely chopped
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1 large angel food cake
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
86.7 ml/g unsweetened chocolate
unsweetened
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118 ml sugar
white
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118 ml water
hot
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15 ml gelatin, unflavored
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3E+1 ml water
cold
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4 each egg yolks
beaten
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5 ml vanilla extract
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237 ml heavy whipping cream
whipping
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118 ml almonds
blanched, then browned and coarsely chopped
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1 large angel food cake
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Directions

Combine hot water, sugar and chocolate in double boiler.

Heat until chocolate melts.

Stir to blend.

Soften gelatin in the cold water and add to chocolate mixture.

Stir and cook until smooth and thick-about 5 minutes.

Add chocolate mixture to egg yolks.

Mix well.

Cool 5 minutes.

Add vanilla then fold in egg whites.

Cool completely.

Whip the cream and fold in nuts.

Add to the chocolate mixture.

Grease an angel(tube)cake pan.

Break cake into egg size pieces.

Put a layer of cake pieces into pan and pour some of the cholcolate mixture over and let it run through, repeat until all the cake and sauce are used.

Cover and let set in refrigerator for about 8 hours.

Ice with whipped cream or (Cool Whip) after turning out on serving plate and decorate with browned almonds.

The cake can be iced several hours before serving and should be served real cold.

(To turn this cake out run tip of knife around top of cake and center tube, then dip pan in hot water for a minute to loosen).



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Comments


anonymous

My mother made this for us as children. But regarding "fold in egg whites," are the egg whites supposed to be whipped first?

 

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 105g (3.7 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 26359% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 17g 27%
Saturated Fat 11g 54%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 41mg 14%
Sodium 16mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 10g 10%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Sugars g
Protein 4g
Vitamin A 9% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 3% Iron 12%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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