{"id":12223,"date":"2014-08-28T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=12223"},"modified":"2019-10-28T13:19:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T20:19:23","slug":"chocolate-cream-dream-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=12223","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Cream (Dream) Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dreamy beyond your imagination.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

What is it about dreams that’s so fascinating. I have never figured out why I dream the things I do while I’m stacking the ZZZZZZZZ’s. I’m sure everyone has had the dream where you fear someone is chasing you and you can’t get away or you go to school with your pj’s on and how embarrassed you were.<\/p>\n

The dreams that use to disrupted my sleep the most were my catering dreams where I forgot to buy the food and got to the party with no food cook and only an hour before the guests arrived and while I’m quickly trying to throw something together I’m telling myself “WAKE UPPPPPPP” this is only a dream. No matter what my dream is it’s gone in a wink as soon as my eyes are open. My husband, on the other hand, dreams in technicolor and the most elaborate involved dreams you have ever heard; dreams he can’t even interpret and he can go on for 15 minutes telling me every detail of the dream.<\/p>\n

This chocolate cake just happens to be the dreamiest chocolate cake and you could not even dream up something this delicious. I saw Laura Calder of French Food at Home (Cooking Channel) make this and knew I had to give it a try. She calls it Chocolate Cream Cake; I think this is the cake you may dream about or in my case it may be the cake that keeps me from going to sleep.<\/p>\n

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My most trusted chocolate taster has to be my friend, Gordon. He loves chocolate more than anyone I have ever known and he never gains an ounce from eating too much of it. So He was my first person to go to to try the cake. I told him to be honest and let me know how he liked it. It passed his strict standards I guess when it comes to chocolate desserts and got a thumbs up. This is a flourless cake so it is going to be really dense and chocolate. I have a wonder normal chocolate cake recipe made the old fashion way I will blog this winter.<\/p>\n

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Here is a cute little raspberry treat I did a couple of years ago — Chambord Ganache Filled Raspberries<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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All the ingredients for a “dreamy” dessert<\/p>\n

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I used a 4 oz. bar of semi-sweet chocolate and 12 ounces of bittersweet chocolate.<\/p>\n

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I used a 9″ pan (see note below). Grease the bottom of the pan and line with parchment paper. Set in a roasting pan which will allow you to put water half way up the sides of the round pan. (Do not use springform pan)<\/p>\n

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Melt the chocolate in a double boiler.<\/p>\n

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Put the eggs into a glass or heat proof bowl and set over warm water to beat.<\/p>\n

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Beat eggs for 10 minutes.  I did not have hand mixer so I had to use a whisk and it was very tiring. The eggs will not get thick as whip cream as Laura’s recipe says just beat for 10 minutes and that’s good enough. I also add the espresso, rum and vanilla to the egg mixture instead of the chocolate.  The liquids could seize up the chocolate making it clumpy.<\/p>\n

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Slowly mix in the chocolate to the egg mixture.<\/p>\n

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Fold in the whipped cream into the egg\/chocolate mixture.<\/p>\n

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Pour the batter into the pan and set the pan into the roasting pan and fill with boiling water half way up side of pan.<\/p>\n

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This isn’t a very high cake but very rich and sweet. (Cut small slices)<\/p>\n

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Garnish with some whipped cream, raspberry and mint leaves.<\/p>\n

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