Restaurant Recipes
Salty's on Alki Black and White Cake
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 5 egg yolks
- 5 whole eggs
- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 5 egg whites
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 ounce water
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 whole eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- 3 ounces semi sweet chocolate
- 1 ounce unsalted butter
- 7 ounces whipped cream
- 2 ounces milk
- 1 vanilla bean
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 3 1/2 ounces white chocolate
- 6 ounces whipped cream
Instructions
- To make cake, whisk in a mixer 5 egg yolks, 5 whole eggs and 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons sugar together until thick. Set aside and whisk 5 egg whites and 1/4 cup sugar. Fold into yolk mixture. Add flour and cocoa powder. Put in cake pans and bake at 400 degrees F for 10 minutes.
- To make chocolate mousse, melt chocolate and butter together. Whisk in a mixer 2 whole eggs and 1 egg yolk.
- Cook water and 1/4 cup sugar until sugar dissolves. Pour into mixer with eggs. Add in chocolate, then whipped cream. Mix well.
- To make white chocolate cream, boil milk with sliced vanilla bean. Mix 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 egg yolk. Add to melted white chocolate. Add milk and vanilla bean and combine with 6 ounces whipped cream.
- To assemble, use an 8 inch cake ring as a mold to cut the cake into round pieces. Cover first layer of cake with chocolate mousse. Then add another layer of cake and cover with white chocolate cream. Add a third layer of cake and cover with chocolate mousse. Smooth off the top and put in freezer for at least 2 hours.
- To make the glaze, boil 9 ounces cream with 1 tablespoon honey. Pour over 7 ounces semisweet chocolate and stir until chocolate melts. Pour over the cake.
Notes
Again, this was shown on our local channel and looked soooo gooooood! Not T&T but thought this was a keeper worth passing on!
Attribution
Posted by HDMac at Recipe Goldmine 4/23/02 8:18:40 am.
Source: Jane Gibson, Salty's on Alki