Chocolate Gateau

Name: Chocolate Gateau
Ingredients: 1 cup butter or margarine,softened; 1 cup sugar; 3 eggs; 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate melted; 1 teaspoon instant coffee crystals; 2 cups all-purpose flour Sifted; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 cup whipping cream; buttercream Chocolate, Filling*, recipe follows; chocolate glaze recipe follows; slivered almonds

12 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

1 cup butter or margarine,softened
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate melted
1 teaspoon instant coffee crystals
2 cups all-purpose flour Sifted
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup whipping cream
buttercream Chocolate, Filling*, recipe follows
chocolate glaze recipe follows
slivered almonds

Directions

1

Cream butter and sugar in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, blending well after each addition. Mix in chocolate and coffee crystals. Mix in combined flour, baking soda and salt alternately with cream, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
2

Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8 inch round cake pans; bake at 350 F for 20 minutes, or until cake springs back when touched.
3

Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool.
4

Make filling and glaze.
5

Cut cake layers in half horizontally with serrated knife. Place 1 cake layer on serving plate; spread with a third of the buttercream filling. Repeat with remaining layers and filling. Frost top and side of cake with glaze; garnish with almonds.