Heart-shaped chocolate diablo cake

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¼ cup Raisins
¼ cup Scotch whisky or rum
1 cup Semisweet chocolate chips
¼ pounds Unsalted butter
3 larges Eggs; separated
⅔ cup Sugar
4½ tablespoon Cake flour
⅔ cup Finely ground blanched almonds
1 pinch Salt
=== CHOCOLATE GANACHE ===
1⅓ cup Semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup Heavy cream

Directions

Soak raisins overnight in rum. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 5-inch heart-shaped pans, line with parchment paper, then butter and flour the parchment. In a small stainless steel bowl over simmering water, melt chocolate with 2 tablespoons water. Stir in butter, a tablespoon at a time, and whisk until smooth. Remove bowl from heat. Combine egg yolks and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until thick and creamy. Stir in chocolate mixture. Add flour and almonds and stir to combine. Gently mix in raisins and whisky or rum. Beat egg whites with salt until stiff but not dry. Gently fold into chocolate mixture in three additions. Pour batter evenly into prepared pans. Bake cakes in middle of oven for 50 minutes, or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean and cakes are just beginning to shrink from the sides of the pan. Let cakes cool for at least 20 minutes in their pans before turning out onto a rack to cool completely.

Make the Chocolate Ganache: Place chocolate in a medium-size heatproof bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream to a boil and pour over chocolate.

Let stand for 2 minutes and whisk until smooth. If chocolate isn't completely melted, place the bowl over simmering water briefly and mix until smooth. (Makes 1-½ cups) Remove parchment paper. With cakes remaining face-down on cooling racks, place racks over a parchment-covered baking sheet. Pour one-quarter of the ganache over the top of each cake, smoothing the top and sides with a spatula. Chill in refrigerator until set, about 1 hour. Place remaining bowl of ganache over gently simmering water to bring it back to a pourable consistency, about 1 to 2 minutes.

Pour over each cake smoothing the top and sides. Let stand for at least 10 minutes to set before removing cakes from cooling racks, using a large offset spatula. Serve at room temperature. Makes two 5-inch heart-shaped cakes.

Recipe Source: Martha Stewart Living - <www.marthastewart.com> Recipe from Winter/Spring 1998 special issue of Martha Stewart Living Weddings Formatted for Mastercook by Lynn Thomas - dcqp82a@...

Recipe by: Martha Stewart

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