Stephan pyles's chocolate pudding cake with mocha sauce

8 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
=== CHOCOLATE CAKE ===
1 cup Cake flour
½ cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
¾ teaspoon Baking powder
2 Egg yolks
5 tablespoons Sugar
5 tablespoons Melted unsalted butter; cooled
3 Egg whites; room temperature
½ teaspoon Salt
¼ teaspoon Cream of tartar
=== CHOCOLATE-PECAN PUDDING ===
5 ounces Bittersweet chocolate; chopped
6 Egg yolks
2½ cup Heavy cream
5 tablespoons Sugar
½ cup Roasted pecans
1 teaspoon Vanilla
=== MOCHA SAUCE ===
2 cups Heavy cream
2 tablespoons Tia Maria
1 Vanilla bean; split and scraped
2 Egg yolks
½ cup Sugar
2 tablespoons Espresso coffee
Whipped cream; in pastry bag
Powdered sugar; in shaker
½ Sheet - pan with melted chocolate; broken up
Espresso powder

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Lightly butter a 9-inch springform pan.

For the cake: Sift the flour, cocoa, and baking powder together. In a mixing bowl, whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until the mixture is pale in color. Stir in the butter. Fold in the dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly incorporated. In an electric mixer, beat the egg whites, salt and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form. Fold the white into the chocolate mixture. Pour the batter into the springform pan and bake for 35 minutes. Allow the cake to cool and remove the sides of the pan. Slice the cake into 4 equal layers. Leave the bottom layer in the pan and reattach the sides of the pan. For the pudding: Melt chocolate in a double-boiler.

Remove the double-boiler from the heat and whisk in the egg yolks. In a sauce pan, bring the cream and sugar up to a boil. Whisk the cream into the chocolate mixture. Fold in the pecans and vanilla. Spread a quarter of the chocolate pudding over the first layer and top with another layer of the cake. Continue to layer the pudding and cake until the cake is completed.

Let the cake sit for 2 to 3 hours to allow the cake to absorb the pudding.

For the sauce: In a sauce pan, bring the cream and Tia Maria to a boil with the vanilla bean. Cover the pan and remove from the heat, and set aside to infuse the cream for 15 minutes. In a mixing bowl, whisk the eggs while gradually adding the sugar. Whisk the cream into the egg mixture. Pour back into the sauce pan and bring the sauce up to a simmer. Cook the sauce until it coats the back of the spoon, about 8 to 10 minutes. Strain and cool.

Whisk in the coffee. Spoon the sauce in the middle of the plate. Place a piece of the cake in the center of the sauce. Garnish with the whipped cream, powdered sugar, and broken chocolate pieces. This recipe yields 8 servings.

Recipe Source: ESSENCE OF EMERIL with Emeril Lagasse - Adapted from Stephan Pyles', The New Texas Cuisine From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # EE-2289 broadcast 03-25-1997) Downloaded from their Web-Site -

Formatted for MasterCook by MR MAD, aka Joe Comiskey - jpmd44a@...

03-25-1997

Recipe by: Emeril Lagasse - Adapted from Stephan Pyles Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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