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                        CHOCOLATE CAKE - MASTER CHEFS
 
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 Serving Size  : 3    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Basics                           Cakes
                 Masterchefs                      New york
                 Tfs
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    9                    Eggs, separated, room temp.
    1       tb           Rum, dark
      1/4   ts           Extract, vanilla
      1/4   ts           Cream of Tartar
    8       tb           Sugar
   12       oz           Chocolate, semi-sweet,
                         -- melted
    6       tb           Butter, unsalted, melted
    3       tb           Cornstarch
    2       tb           Cocoa, unsweetened
    2 1/2   oz           Amaretti (about 10 Italian
                         -- macaroons), finely
                         -- ground
 
   For Cake:
   ÿÿÿ
   
        Preheat oven to 375 F. Butter and flour 3 9-inch
   round cake pans.
   
        Beat yolks until they are pale yellow and form a
   ribbon when beaters are lifted, about 5 minutes.  Beat
   in rum and vanilla.
   
        Beat whites with cream of tartar to soft peaks.
   Add sugar 1 tablespoon at a time and continue beating
   until stiff and shiny.
   
        Stir 12 ounces of semisweet chocolate and butter
   into yolks until well combined.  Gently fold in 1/4 of
   egg whites to lighten the batter, then gently fold in
   the remaining whites.
   
       Sift together cornstarch and cocoa; combine with
   ground amaretti. Gently fold into the batter.
   
        Divide batter among prepared pans.  Bake until
   centers of cakes rise and tops begin to crack, 18 to
   20 minutes.  Cool 10 minutes in pans, then cool
   completely on wire rack (cakes will fall slightly.)
   
        Source:  New York’s Master Chefs, Bon Appetit
   Magazine
        :  Written by Richard Sax, Photographs by Nancy
   McFarland
        :  The Knapp Press, Los Angeles, 1985
   
        Chef:  Seppi Renggli, The Four Seasons
   Restaurant, New York
   
        Owners:  Tom Margittai, and Paul Kovi
        Pastry:  Bruno Comin
  
 
 
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