Monday, August 23, 2010

Looking for a recipe for Chocolate Nightcap Cake??

I have seen this cake for sale in catalogs but it is to pricey and would like to try and make it.Looking for a recipe for Chocolate Nightcap Cake??
I couldn't find a recipe for a Nightcap cake, but I did find a recipe for a similar cake that has similar ingredients...you might want to give it a try:





Queen Cake





cake





1/2 lb butter


1 1/3 cups white sugar, plus


2 tablespoons white sugar, divided


1/2 lb semisweet chocolate or bittersweet chocolate


3 ounces almonds, ground


1/4 cup Kahlua (or your favourite licquer)


4 eggs, seperated


1 cup flour





chocolate glaze





6 ounces semisweet chocolate or bittersweet chocolate, broken into peices


6 ounces heavy cream, seperated


1 tablespoon butter


12 whole almonds (for garnish) (optional)





Preheat oven to 350 degrees





Cake





Mix 1 1/3 cups of sugar with butter until light and fluffy.


Melt chocolate peices.


Blend ground almonds and melted chocolate into butter mixture.


Slowly add Kaluha to mixture.


Add egg yolks one at a time, mixing well.


In seperate bowl beat egg whites until soft peaks form then add remaining 2 tbsps sugar slowly until egg whites stiffen.


Fold egg whites into butter mixture alternating with flour (starting and ending with egg whites).


Pour into a greased 9'; sprinformed pan, lined with parchment or waxed paper and dusted with flour.


Bake in a 350 degree oven 40 - 60 minutes. Please check to ensure cake is done.


Cool overnite on a wire rack.


(do not remove cake from pan) Next day remove pan and


glaze.


Refrigerate until ready to serve.





Glaze





Melt chocolate and two ounces of heavy cream in double broiler.


Stir constantly until fully melted and warm BUT NOT HOT.


Whisk in 4 remaining ounces of cream.


Whisking until mixture is smooth and shiny.


Stir in butter until melted.


Let cool slightly then glaze cake.


Cake will set in fridge.


*NOTE:If glaze gets too thick, thin by heating on low.


** Edited to change cooking time -- !Looking for a recipe for Chocolate Nightcap Cake??
*Sorry never heard of it but here is a bunch of cakes site


http://www.recipes4cakes.com/chocolateca鈥?/a>
I've searched everywhere for it, but the best I could do was a book for sale with the recipe in it, sorry.

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