In Good Taste Recipe: Chocolate XS Cake

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Chocolate XS Cake

adapted from the New Professional Chef, Edition 8

24 oz water

2 lb sugar, plus 12 oz

1 lb semisweet dark choc, chopped

1 lb bittersweet choc, chopped (Valhrona, Ghirardelli)

2 lb butter, melted

3 lbs, 10 oz eggs (each egg is about 2 oz, if you buy the large ones)

1 oz Tahitian vanilla extract

Brush the insides of 6 x 8 inch cake pans with butter. Line with parchment paper.

Combine the water and the sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add the two chocolates; stir until the chocolates are melted. Stir in the butter. Let the mixture cool.

Whip the eggs, 12 oz sugar and vanilla until fluffy and light. Fold in the chocolate mixture GENTLY. Divide batter among pans. Bake in a water bath until the tops of the cakes are firm, 1 hour. Cool, wrap in cling film, and refrigerate overnight. Unmold and garnish as desired*.

* I garnished my latest one with candied orange peel and crushed candied hazlenuts, and made a pool of chocolate-orange sauce with Gran Marnier on the bottom.

- Josie

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