Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Recipe Tuesday...Chocolate Ice Box Cake

Since I am trying to cut back on the sweets, I though I would torture myself with this recipe from RealSimple.
You all know how much I like chocolate.



Chocolate Ice Box Cake

Amy Neunsinger
Serves 10
Hands-on Time: 20m
Total Time: 4hr 20m
Ingredients
  • 1/4 pound German sweet chocolate
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick), softened
  • 3  eggs, separated
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 12  ladyfingers, split in half
Directions
1. In a medium saucepan, over low heat, stir together the chocolate, butter, and 2 tablespoons water until melted. Slightly beat the egg yolks and add to the chocolate, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and let cool. 
2. While the chocolate custard is cooling, beat the egg whites until stiff; set aside. Gradually stir the sugar into the chocolate mixture. Beat until well combined. Stir in the vanilla and fold in the beaten egg whites. Line the sides of a 9- or 10-inch deep-dish pie plate or springform pan with the ladyfingers, trimming them to fit, if necessary. Spoon the chocolate mixture into the pie plate or pan and chill in the refrigerator for at least 4 and up to 24 hours.
Tip
Gourmet chocolate contains high-quality cacao beans and a high percentage of cocoa butter. Inferior chocolate often has sugar added to mask the flavor.
Nutritional Information
Calcium 22mg; Calories 336; Carbohydrate 43g; Cholesterol 151mg; Fat 17g; Fiber 1g; Iron 1mg; Protein 4mg; Sat Fat 10g; Sodium 49mg

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh, I want this pie! Evil, evil pie tempter!

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