Celebration Checkerboard Cake
June 9, 2009 by Firehouse Chef
Filed under Dessert, Easy, Easy Baking Recipes, Snack
| Celebration Checkerboard Cake - A scrumptious dessert, that lets you avoid baking, made out of heavenly melted chocolate, and the sweet light angel food cake. The angel food cake is store bought, so it is as easy to make as it is to eat!Prep Time: 20 mins Servings: 8 Main Ingredient: Cake, Chocolate Difficulty Level: 2 |
Ingredients to make Celebration Checkerboard Cake
3 Unsweetened chocolate 1 oz Squares or the melted choc
1/2 c White sugar
1/2 c Hot water
1 tb Gelatin,unflavored
2 tb Cold water
4 Egg yolks,beaten
4 Egg whites,beaten
1 ts Vanilla
1 c Heavy cream,(whipping)
1/2 c Almonds, blanched,browned,coarsely chopped
1 lg Angel food cake
Directions to make Celebration Checkerboard Cake
Step 1:Combine hot water, sugar and chocolate in double boiler. Heat until chocolate melts. Stir to blend. Soften gelatin in the cold water and add to chocolate mixture. Stir and cook until smooth and thick-about 5 minutes. Add chocolate mixture to egg yolks. Mix well. Cool 5 minutes.
Step 2:Add vanilla then fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Cool completely. Whip the cream and fold in nuts. Add to the chocolate mixture.
Step 3:Grease an angel(tube)cake pan. Break cake into egg size pieces. Put a layer of cake pieces into pan and pour some of the cholcolate mixture over and let it run through, repeat until all the cake and sauce are used. Cover and let set in refrigerator for about 8 hours. Ice with whipped cream or (Cool Whip)after turning out on serving plate and decorate with browned almonds.
Step 4:The cake can be iced several hours before serving and should be served real cold.
