Napoleon Cake With Whipped Cream (napoleon Schaumtorte)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 7 egg yolks
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups almonds, grated
• 8 tablespoons bittersweet chocolate, grated
• 1 teaspoon candied orange peel or 1 teaspoon orange rind
• 2 tablespoons cake crumbs (or fine bread crumbs)
• 7 egg whites, stiffly beaten
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 4 1/2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 for the cake: beat egg, egg yolks, and sugar until creamy. add almonds, chocolate, orange peel, and cake crumbs; continue beating. fold in gently stiffly beaten egg whites. bake in two greased and floured 8 or 9 inch cake tins in 300 degrees f. oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes clean. when cool split each cake into 2 layers. spread cream, whipped and sugared, between layers. pour chocolate icing over top layer.
• 2 for the icing: cook sugar with water until it spins a heavy thread. melt chocolate in double boiler; add butter. add hot syrup gradually, stirring constantly until smooth and until mixture coats spoon.
• 3 viennese cooking.