What are the ingredients of a chocolate cake?
The dough is a basic pie crust. You can use your favorite homemade dough (I use the perfect dough recipe sent to me by my friend Sylvia) or, if you’re in a hurry, a store-bought dough works perfectly. yum!
The filling is nothing less than chocolate pudding, a really good, moist, rich and silky homemade chocolate pudding. It is made with sugar, a little cornmeal, whole milk, egg yolks, vanilla, butter and the star of the show, bittersweet chocolate. The filling is prepared in the kitchen and poured into the cooked (and cooled) cake base. It is then put in the refrigerator to harden.
How do you thicken the chocolate cake filling?
I add a little cornmeal to thicken the filling. Egg yolks also help to give it structure.
What can you decorate a chocolate cake with?
If you’re like me and love toppings, whipped cream, fresh raspberries or strawberries, a drizzle of hot fudge sauce (or even toffee sauce), chopped walnuts or pecans would be divine! If you’re like Ladd, nothing at all and that’s fine too.
YIELDS: 10 serving(s)
PREP TIME: 4 hrs
COOK TIME: 10 mins
TOTAL TIME: 4 hrs 10 mins
Ingredients :
- 1 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/4 c. cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 3 c. whole milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 6 1/2 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 1 whole pie crust, baked and cooled (or can use Oreo or graham cracker crust)
- Whipped cream, to serve
Directions :
- In a medium saucepan, stir or whisk together the sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Pour in the milk and egg yolks, and whisk to combine. Stir over medium heat until the mixture just barely comes to a boil and becomes thick, about 6 to 8 minutes (maybe less, maybe more; just watch it). The second it starts to bubble and thicken (it should be thick like pudding), remove it from the heat. Add the chocolate, vanilla, and butter, and stir until everything is beautifully combined.
- Pour the pudding into the pie crust (if there is extra, spoon it into small dishes) and place in the fridge to chill for 4 hours uncovered.
- Cut it into slices and serve with whipped cream!
