Kahlua White Chocolate Heart Cake Recipe

ingredients

1 3/4 cup whipping cream
3 1/2 ounces chopped white chocolate
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

CAKE
2 ounces white chocolate
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 1/3 cup cake flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
salt
1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temp
1 cup sugar
1 whole egg, PLUS"PLUS" means this ingredient in addition to the one on the next line, often with divided uses
1 separated egg
6 tablespoons milk, room temp

KAHLUA SYRUP
3 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon instant coffee powder
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 cup Kahlua liqueur

directions

WHITE CHOCOLATE GANACHE: Prepare ganache before mixing and baking cake to allow it to chill.

GANACHE: In large bowl of electric mixer, combine cream and chocolate. Set over simmering water until chocolate is melted. Stir until smooth. Refrigerate at least 4-5 hours, stirring occasionally, until very thick. Add vanilla and beat until stiff.

CAKE: In small bowl set over simmering water, melt chocolate and cream together. Stir until smooth. Set aside to cool completely.

In large bowl of electric mixer, beat batter until fluffy. Gradually beat in 3/4 cup sugar. Beat in whole egg and egg yolk until smooth.

Stir in cooled chocolate. Alternately stir in dry ingredients and milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients and blending thoroughly after each addition.

In small bowl, whisk egg white with dash of salt until soft peaks form.

Whisk in remaining 1/4 cup sugar, beating until very thick and glossy and mixture falls from whisk in heavy ribbon. Gently fold egg white into batter.

Pour batter into 8 or 9 inch heart shaped cake pan which has been lined with butter and floured waxed paper. Bake on center shelf of oven at 350 degrees F about 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes.

Turn out of pan, if necessary, first trim any excess crust away from pan rim, and carefully peel away paper. Cool completely.

Transfer cake to serving plate. Using wood pick, poke holes about 1 inch deep and at about 1 inch intervals in top of cake. Frost with white chocolate ganache.

KAHLUA SYRUP: In small saucepan, combine water, coffee powder and sugar. Stir over low heat to dissolve coffee and sugar. Bring to boil and pour into small bowl. Add Kahlua and stir to blend. Cool.

nutrition data

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reviews & comments

Melissa REVIEW:
February 9, 2008

This recipe is very difficult to read. The chocolate ganache frosting is still the consistency of milk after 5 hours of frosting. There is a recipe for Kahlua syrup at the bottom, but it doesn't tell you when you're supposed to use it.

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