Queen Cake
Total Time: 55 mins
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 12
- 1/2 lb butter
- 1 1/3 cups sugar, plus
- 2 tablespoons sugar, divided
- 1/2 lb semisweet chocolate or 1/2 lb bittersweet chocolate
- 3 ounces almonds, ground
- 1/4 cup kahlua (or your favorite liqueur)
- 4 eggs, separated
- 1 cup flour
- 6 ounces semisweet chocolate or 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, broken into pieces
- 6 ounces heavy cream, separated
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 12 whole almonds (for garnish) (optional)
Recipe
- 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees cake mix 1 1/3 cups of sugar with butter until light and fluffy.
- 2 melt chocolate pieces.
- 3 blend ground almonds and melted chocolate into butter mixture.
- 4 slowly add kahlua to mixture.
- 5 add egg yolks one at a time, mixing well.
- 6 in separate bowl beat egg whites until soft peaks form then add remaining 2 tbsp sugar slowly until egg whites stiffen.
- 7 fold egg whites into butter mixture alternating with flour (starting and ending with egg whites).
- 8 pour into a greased 9-inch springform pan, lined with parchment or waxed paper and dusted with flour.
- 9 bake in a 350°f oven 40 - 60 minutes. please check to ensure cake is done.
- 10 cool overnight on a wire rack (do not remove cake from pan).
- 11 next day remove pan and glaze.
- 12 refrigerate until ready to serve.
- 13 glaze: melt chocolate and two ounces of heavy cream in double broiler.
- 14 stir constantly until fully melted and warm but not hot.
- 15 whisk in 4 remaining ounces of cream.
- 16 whisking until mixture is smooth and shiny.
- 17 stir in butter until melted.
- 18 let cool slightly then glaze cake.
- 19 cake will set in fridge.
- 20 *note: if glaze gets too thick, thin by heating on low.
- 21 ** edited to change cooking time -- !
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