Rigo Jancsi, Part 1 of 2
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 x flour, all-purpose or cocoa
- 3 ounces chocolate unsweetened
- 3/4 cup butter unsalted, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 large eggs separated
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 cup flour, all-purpose (sifted)
- 10 ounces chocolate (semi-sweet) semi sweet
- 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 4 tablespoons dark rum
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 7 ounces chocolate
- 1 cup sugar granulated (fine)
- 13 cup water
- TO MAKE CAKE: Preheat the oven to 350F (180C).
- With a pastry brush or paper towel, coat an 11x17 inch jelly-roll pan with the butter.
- This will seem like a lot; be very generous.
- Sprinkle the flour or cocoa over the butter and shake the pan to coat the butter fully.
- Tap the edge of the pan on a table to knock out the excess flour.
- Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or a bowl over a pan of simmering water.
- Set aside to cool to lukewarm.
- Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until the whites cling to the beater.
- Add about 1/4 cup of the sugar and beat until the whites form stiff, unwavering peaks.
- Cream the butter and the other (about) 1/4 cup of the sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- Add the melted chocolate and beat in the egg yolks one at a time.
- With a rubber spatula, stir about 13 of the beaten egg whites into the chocolate mixture, then pour the chocolate mixture over the rest of the whites.
- Sprinkle the flour lightly on top.
- Gently fold the mixture together until no white streaks remain.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan, spreading it evenly with a rubber spatula.
- Bake in the middle of the oven for 15 to 18 minutes, or until the cake shrinks slightly away from the sides of the pan and a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- It will still be very flat.
- Loosen the cake from the pan with a sharp knife around the sides and turn it out onto a rack to cool.
- (Put the rack over the pan and flip the whole thing over to keep the cake from breaking. )
- TO MAKE FILLING: In a small, heavy saucepan, combine the cream and chocolate and stir over medium heat until the chocolate dissolves.
- Then reduce the heat to very low and simmer, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens to the consistency of a pudding.
- Pour it into a bowl and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- When the mixture is very cold, pour in the rum and vanilla and beat with a whisk or beater until the filling is smooth and creamy and forms soft peaks when the beater is lifted.
- Do not over-beat or you will get butter.
- (If this should happen, don't despair; chocolate buttercream makes a perfectly fine filling. )
- Cut the cake in half to make two layers, each about 8 1/2 inches wide.
- Spread the filling over one layer and set the other layer on top.
- Smooth out the edges with a spatula.
- If one of the cake layers should break, use it on the bottom.
- Refrigerate on a rack for about 1 hour.
butter, flour, chocolate, butter, sugar, eggs, salt, flour, chocolate, heavy whipping cream, dark rum, vanilla, chocolate, sugar, water
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/rigo-jancsi-part-1-of-2-32582 (may not work)