Not for the cake mix crowd! This is for people who love spending time in the kitchen and love seeing a delicious fancy cake emerge...and the look on their family/guests face when they serve it. This is decadent, no flour, and great for chocoholics. Like all cream cakes, must be made a day before serving (at least)!
Provided by GalicioBocharit
Categories Dessert
Time 5h
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- make dark chocolate cream:.
- melt 250g dark chocolate with the butter over a double boiler (small pot set inside another small pot containing boiling water) until consistency is smooth.
- remove from heat and add 1 tablespoon of liqueur.
- beat yolks and add slowly, while beating, to chocolate mixture so no lumps develop.
- cover and refrigerate for 3 hours.
- make white chocolate cream:.
- melt the white chocolate in a double boiler with 250 mL of sweet cream until consistency is smooth.
- cover and refrigerate for 3 hours.
- make ganache:.
- melt 250g of dark chocolate with 250 mL of sweet cream in a double boiler until consistency is smooth.
- remove from heat & add 1 tablespoon of liqueur.
- cover and refrigerate for 3 hours.
- to make nut meringues:.
- prepare 3 sheets of wax paper with circles drawn on them (standard springform pan diameter, approximately 26cm).
- finely chop nuts in the food processor (do not grind!).
- whip egg whites until peaks form and then add the sugar, 1/3 each time, while whipping the meringue into stiff, shiny peaks.
- gently fold the nuts into the meringue until it is uniform.
- spread 1/3 of the meringue in the center of each wax paper circle, spread the meringue around to create a meringue circle of uniform thickness.
- bake on lowest oven heat approximately 1 hour or until meringue is fully baked but not burnt.
- after each meringue has cooled, peel off the wax paper and set it aside.
- by the time you have baked all three circles, the creams will have spent 3 hours in the fridge--take each cream out and whip it until it is light and fluffy.
- assemble your cake:.
- on the first meringue circle, spread the dark chocolate cream.
- cover with the second meringue circle, and spread on it the white chocolate cream.
- cover with the third meringue circle, and spread on it the ganache, on the top and sides.
- cover and refrigerate for at least 3-4 hours.
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