Happy Naw-Ruz everybody! In celebration of the new year, I will be cooking several dishes tonight for dinner as we have a couple of guests comping over to enjoy the evening with us. On the menu tonight is: Thai Pulled Pork, Thai Spiced Pork Loin, Asparagus and Mushroom Stir fry and Fried Rice. For desert, my favorite, Chocolate Icebox Cake. "Never had it", you say. I am not surprised as it is an old Fischer family recipe passed down generation to generation. It is wicked good and so, so decadent. Your new years treat:
12 oz Semi Sweet German Chocolate
3 Tbsp sugar
3 Tbsp water
4 eggs (separated into whites and yolks)
1 c hvy cream
1/2 tsp rum or almond extract
1 angle food cake
In double boiler, melt chocolate, sugar, water and vanilla until smooth. Remove from heat. Add 1 - 2 tsp of chocolate to yolks, stir constantly, you don't want to scramble your yolks. Continue to add chocolate a bit at a time to yolk until combined. Whip egg whites until stiff then fold into chocolate/yolk mixture. Whip cream with rum or almond extract and a little bit of sugar. Fold into chocolate/egg mixture. Break apart your angle food cake into bite size pieces and put into 9x13 glass dish. One angle food cake should be enough to fill up the dish. Poor chocolate moose over top of angle food cake and place in fridge for hour or so to chill. Serve with whipped cream over top.
12 oz Semi Sweet German Chocolate
3 Tbsp sugar
3 Tbsp water
4 eggs (separated into whites and yolks)
1 c hvy cream
1/2 tsp rum or almond extract
1 angle food cake
In double boiler, melt chocolate, sugar, water and vanilla until smooth. Remove from heat. Add 1 - 2 tsp of chocolate to yolks, stir constantly, you don't want to scramble your yolks. Continue to add chocolate a bit at a time to yolk until combined. Whip egg whites until stiff then fold into chocolate/yolk mixture. Whip cream with rum or almond extract and a little bit of sugar. Fold into chocolate/egg mixture. Break apart your angle food cake into bite size pieces and put into 9x13 glass dish. One angle food cake should be enough to fill up the dish. Poor chocolate moose over top of angle food cake and place in fridge for hour or so to chill. Serve with whipped cream over top.
3 comments:
That cake sounds amazing! I'm definitely going to have to try out this recipe.
Thanks AJ! The cake is amazing. In fact, after seving it the other night, my wife commented on the fact that we use whip cream to cut the richness of the mousse. I thought it was funny to say we use whip cream to tone the richness down!
It's so good it makes you do irrational things like drive 40 minutes to have a piece of it even though you have the recipe. The special ingredient must be love!
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