Divine southern decadence cake ala tuttle

12 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2½ cup Fine chocolate wafer crumbs
½ cup Unsalted butter melted and cooled (1 stick)
¼ cup Unsalted butter
¾ cup Firmly packed lt brown sugar
3 larges Eggs
12 ounces Semisweet chocolate, melted
& cooled
2 cups Well chilled heavy cream
3 ounces Fine quality hazelnut-
7 ounces (about 3 cups) sweetened flaked coconut toasted
2 teaspoons Instant coffee powder
1 teaspoon Frangelico(hazelnut liqueur)
¼ cup Flour
1 cup Unsalted cashews chopped flavored bittersweet chocolate, curled

Directions

FOR THE CRUST

FOR THE BATTER

FOR THE TOPPING

To Make the Crust:

1. Butter and flour a 10 inch springform pan. In a bowl, combine well the wafer crumbs and ¼ cup of the butter and pat the mixture onto the bottom of the prepared pan. In another bowl, stir together well the coconut (well cooled) and the remaining ¼ cup butter and pat the mixture 1 inch up the side of the pan.

To Make the Batter:

1. In a bowl with an electric mixer, cream together the butter and the brown sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy; add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the melted chocolate, instant coffee, and the Frangelico. Stir in the flour and the cashews.

2. Pout the batter into the crust and bake the cake in the middle of a preheated 375F oven for 30 minutes, or until it is set. Let the cake cool completely in the pan on a rack and chill it, covered, overnight. Run a thin knife around the edge of the pan and remove the side of the pan.

For the Topping:

1. In a chilled bowl beat the cream until it just holds stiff peaks, spread the sides and the top of the cake with whipped cream and garnish the cake with the chocolate curls.

Source: Cindy Tuttle, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Reprinted in Gourmet Magazine, November 1993 Typed in MM format by Linda Fields, Cyberealm BBS Watertown NY 315-786-1120

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