Acrobat Chocolate Polenta Cake
- 12 ounces chocolate (semi-sweet)
- 3/4 pound butter sweet
- 8 large egg yolks
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 13 cup sugar
- 13 cup almonds ground
- 1 tablespoon flour, all-purpose
- 1/4 cup cornmeal
- 8 large egg whites
- 1 tablespoon cream of tartar
- In a large saucepan over very low heat, melt chocolate.
- Add butter, stir until melted and remove from heat (the mixture should be body temperature, not too hot to touch with a finger).
- In a large bowl, combine egg yolks, brown and white sugar, and stir until well mixed.
- Add the chocolate, and stir well until combined.
- In a small bowl, combine almonds, flour and cornmeal, stir until well mixed.
- Pour this into the chocolate and stir until combined.
- In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the egg whites with cream of tartar until they form stiff peaks.
- Fold the egg whites into the chocolate in three batches.
- Chef Dale Nichols warns that folding egg whites into chocolate takes a real knack and suggests using your hand as the paddle.
- To do this by hand, use your hand as a paddle and push your palm down to the center of the bowl, and slide up the side of the bowl and turn your hand over.
- Do not over-mix or you will knock the air out of the egg whites causing a much denser texture.
- Bake in a buttered, floured 10 inch spring form pan for 5 minutes at 400F (200C).
- Reduce heat to 350F (180C) F and bake for another 20 to 30 minutes, or until cake tests done in the center.
- Let cool completely before removing from pan.
chocolate, butter, egg yolks, brown sugar, sugar, almonds ground, flour, cornmeal, egg whites, cream of tartar
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/acrobat-chocolate-polenta-cake-2817 (may not work)