Chocolate Truffle Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 6 (1 ounce) semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
• 3/4 cup butter
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 4 egg whites
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 4 (1 ounce) semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 (1 ounce) semi-sweet chocolate baking square

Recipe

• 1 melt chocolate with butter.
• 2 cool.
• 3 beat 2/3 cup of sugar with egg yolks till thick and lemon coloured.
• 4 add chocolate mixture and flour. blend well.
• 5 beat egg whites till soft peaks form. add 2 tbsp sugar and beat till stiff and shiny peaks form.
• 6 fold chocolate mixture into egg whites. blend well.
• 7 pour into greased and floured 9" springform pan.
• 8 bake at 375 for 35 - 40 minute.
• 9 cake will be moist in centre.
• 10 cool.
• 11 cake will fall in centre.
• 12 glaze:.
• 13 melt chocolate with butter and water.
• 14 blend until smooth.
• 15 spread over cake.
• 16 garnish:.
• 17 melt chocolate. put in sandwich bag and cut a very small hole in 1 corner. decorate cake with con centric circles. starting at the centre draw a knife lightly (do not cut cake) through circles to outside edge. this will create a pattern similar to spider web.