NAPOLEON CAKE WITH WHIPPED CREAM (NAPOLEON SCHAUMTORTE)

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Make and share this Napoleon Cake With Whipped Cream (napoleon Schaumtorte) recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Olha7397

Categories Dessert

Time 40m

Yield 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 14

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Ingredients

1 egg
7 egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups almonds, grated
8 tablespoons bittersweet chocolate, grated
1 teaspoon candied orange peel or 1 teaspoon orange rind
2 tablespoons cake crumbs (or fine bread crumbs)
7 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 cup heavy cream
2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
4 1/2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
1 tablespoon butter

Steps:

FOR THE CAKE: Beat egg, egg yolks, and sugar until creamy. Add almonds, chocolate, orange peel, and cake crumbs; continue beating. Fold in gently stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in two greased and floured 8 or 9 inch cake tins in 300 degrees F. oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes clean. When cool split each cake into 2 layers. Spread cream, whipped and sugared, between layers. Pour chocolate icing over top layer.
FOR THE ICING: Cook sugar with water until it spins a heavy thread. Melt chocolate in double boiler; add butter. Add hot syrup gradually, stirring constantly until smooth and until mixture coats spoon.
Viennese Cooking.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 4812.7, Fat 309.5, SaturatedFat 123.5, Cholesterol 1889.7, Sodium 1411.8, Carbohydrate 472, Fiber 45.6, Sugar 395.4, Protein 115.6