Ingredients
- 1 pound bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 pound butter
- 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier
- 11 eggs yolks
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 11 egg whites, beaten until stiff
- 2 cups warm white chocolate sauce
Directions
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Butter and flour a 12-inch springform pan. In a double boiler, over medium heat, melt the chocolate and butter together. Stir in the Grand Marnier. Remove from the heat and cool to room temperature. In an electric mixer, on medium speed,beat the egg yolks until pale yellow and ribbon like, about 6 to 8 minutes. During the last 2 minutes, add the sugar in a steady stream. With the machine running slowly add the chocolate mixture and blend until all of the chocolate is incorporated. Fold in the stiff each whites. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Place the pan on the rack, in the center of the oven. Bake the cake for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until the center of the cake comes out clean with a toothpick. Remove the cake from the oven and place on a wire rack. Cool the cake for 15 minutes. Remove the sides of the pan and cool completely. Invert the cake onto a serving plate. The cake can be served warm or can be placed in the refrigerator and chilled. Slice the cake into 16 slices and serve the cake with the white chocolate sauce, whipped cream and mint.
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By jetdell_6179554
Brighton, MA
on June 03, 2007
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Easy to make. I could not get enough of this very rich cake! It was excellent.
By mhc3_2123925
Laguna Hills, CA
on August 01, 2006
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I made this cake for father's day. Everyone loved it. I made a white chocolate frosting. It was fantastic.
By estebbins_2430886
san luis obispo, CA
on April 29, 2005
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This cake is pretty fantastic... As the ingredients would suggest it's very rich and has lots of chocolate flavor. I substituted dark rum (Meyers' for the Grand Marnier ($40 a fifth, count me out. Also, instead of the White chocolate sauce, I just melted a bag of Ghirardelli white chocolate chips and layered evenly over the top of the whole cake, allowing it to drip down the sides, which made for a nice presentation. This cake is also killer with a raspberry coulis instead of the mint.
A couple of comments however. This recipe doesn't really belong in the "easy" category; IMHO whipping egg whites and yolks to the requested consistencies are more advanced techniques... Also, this cake WILL fall when it cools, and will fall more in the center. This is why I decided to give it the white chocolate coating, which made it more presentable.
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