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Rhapsody Chocolate Gateau
From the Kitchen of: Pepper from Recipe Chat
| 1/3 | C | Cake flour |
| 1/3 | C | Cocoa powder |
| 1 | Tbsp | Sugar |
| 1 | tsp | Vanilla |
| 2/3 | C | Sugar |
| 3 | | Eggs |
| 4 | Tbsp (1/2 stick) | Unsalted butter |
| 2 | | Egg yolks |
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease sides, and line bottom with foil,
of a 9 inch
springform pan.
- Mix cocoa, flour and 1 Tbsp. sugar.
- Melt butter on low heat.
- Whisk-mix eggs, yolks and 2/3 cup sugar in a bowl placed inside a
pan with hot tap water.
- Mix until sugar is dissolved, then whip at medium speed until cool,
thick and pale in color.
Mixture should triple in volume.
- Pour in vanilla, then fold in cocoa/flour mixture. Fold in melted
butter.
- Pour batter into pan, smooth surface, and bake 25 minutes.
- Cool, and chill in pan.
- Top with a chocolate mousse filling and a chocolate glaze.