recipes@decwrl.UUCP (02/20/87)
CHOC-CAKE-4(D) USENET Cookbook CHOC-CAKE-4(D)
CHOCOLATE NUT CAKE
CHOC-CAKE-4 - A no-bake graham cracker chocolate cake.
This is a delicious, easy-to-make cake that everyone enjoys.
It came from an East Indian friend of mine who said it had
been in the family. It seems western so I am uncertain of
its origins.
INGREDIENTS (Makes 1 cake)
1/4 lb butter or margarine
1 cup icing sugar
2 large eggs
3/4 cup cashews or almonds
2 1/2 Tbsp
cocoa
1/2 lb graham crackers
milk
3/4 tsp vanilla
PROCEDURE
(1) Cream together the butter and sugar.
(2) Chop the nuts and roast if desired.
(3) Soak the crackers in the milk until they are soft
but have not turned to mush.
(4) Dissolve cocoa in 2 Tbsp milk, and add this and
the nuts to the creamed butter/sugar mixture.
(5) Separate the eggs and set the whites aside. To
the creamed mixture add the yolks and vanilla and
beat.
(6) Whip the whites until stiff peaks form, then fold
this into the mixture.
(7) Line a 9-inch square pan with a layer of crackers,
mixture, and crackers. Top with the remaining
mixture and set in the refrigerator until hard.
NOTES
Depending on how you want the texture of the cake you can
soak the crackers until they are slightly softened or until
they fall apart.
RATING
Difficulty: easy to moderate. Time: 30 minutes preparation,
several hours chilling. Precision: approximate measurement
OK.
CONTRIBUTOR
Rob Robson
School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, P.Q., Canada
musocs!mugeneral!rob@eddie.mit.edu
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