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Chocolate Decadance Cake

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Serving Size :16
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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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10 Oreo cookies
4 -up to
5 tb Butter
12 oz Bittersweet chocolate
1/4 lb Butter
3 Eggs
1/4 c Sugar
1/4 c Flour
1 Bag --10-oz guittard large
-semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 Box --10-oz frozen
-rasperries in syrup
1/2 c Chocolate genache --see
-below
2 1/2 ts Gelatin
2 tb Chambord
1 2/3 c Cream
1/4 c Sugar
20 oz Bittersweet chocolate
-finely chopped
1 3/4 c Cream
1/4 c Superfine sugar
1 tb Chambord

From: (Ken Paris) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 94 10:11:54 -0800
CRUST: throw about 10 oreos into a food processor and grind 'em up melt
about 4 or 5 TBS butter and pour into the cookie crumbs until it holds
together when mushed. press the mixture into the bottom of a 10"
spingform pan. CHOCOLATE DECADANCE: Melt butter and choc. together.
Beat the eggs and sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir the
flour into the egg mixture until barely mixed. Pour the slightly
cooled choc. mixture in while gently mixing. Fold in the chips. Pour
the batter over the crust and bake at 425 for 15 min. CHOCOLATE
RASPERRY MOUSSE: Defrost and sieve rasperries (be sure to press all the
pulp through). Reduce the rasp. to 1/2 cp (in sauce pan over med-low
heat). While rasp. are reducing, soften gelatin with 3 TBS. water. Add
the gelatin, genache and chambord to the rasp., cover and place in the
refridgerator for 20 min. While rasp. is cooling, whip cream with sugar
until stiff. Fold in rasp. mixture, cover and leave in refridgerator
for about 45 min. until firm. Pipe the mousse on the cooled decadance
in a nice pattern. GENACHE: Place choc. in heat-proof bowl. Bring
cream and sugar just to boil (mixing to dissolve sugar) and pour over
chocolate, let sit for 1 min. then stir to dissolve (try not to stir in
air bubbles) add chambord. Cover and let cool for about 1 hr.
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