Black and White Chocolate Cake with Crème Anglaise

Black and White Chocolate Cake with Crème Anglaise requires about 1 hour from start to finish. This main course has 680 calories, 16g of protein, and 30g of fat per serving. For $2.9 per serving, this recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. Head to the store and pick up vanilla bean, chocolate curls, eggs, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe is liked by 11 foodies and cooks. It is brought to you by Leites Culinaria. With a spoonacular score of 39%, this dish is rather bad. Almond Cake with Pears and Crème Anglaise, Pound Cake With Strawberries And Creme Anglaise, and Chocolate Donuts with “Creme Anglaise” are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 6

Preparation duration: 60 minutes

 

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Cooking instruction summary:

Make the simple syrup1. Combine the sugar and water in a small pot and bring to a simmer. Stir until the sugar is fully dissolved. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Store in a covered container in the refrigerator up to one week.Make the mousse2. Break the chocolate up and place it in the top half of a double boiler set over simmering water. Add the espresso powder and the 1/3 cup of Strega and let stand uncovered until the chocolate is softened. Stir until blended. Transfer the chocolate to a large bowl.3. In a large, chilled bowl with chilled beaters, whip the cream on high speed for 4 minutes, or until soft peaks form. With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the egg yolks with 2 tablespoons of the sugar until pale, about 3 minutes.4. In a large mixer bowl with clean beaters, beat the whites on medium speed until frothy. Gradually add the remaining 4 tablespoons of the sugar and increase the speed to high. Whip until soft peaks form.5. Add the egg-yolk mixture to the chocolate and stir to combine. Gently fold in the whipped cream. Gently fold the whites into the chocolate mixture.Assemble the cake6. Mix together the simple syrup and the 1/2 cup of Strega. Dip half of each ladyfinger in the syrup until slightly softened.7. In a 2-quart glass serving bowl, make alternate layers of the mousse and ladyfingers, finishing with the mousse. Cover and chill at least 8 hours or up to 2 days.Make the crème anglaise8. In a large saucepan, bring the milk, vanilla bean and seeds, and 1/2 cup of the sugar to a simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. Immediately remove the saucepan from the heat and discard the vanilla bean.9. In a bowl, whisk the egg yolks until thick and well blended. Gradually add about 1/2 cup of the hot mixture into the yolks and whisk until well incorporated. Pour the egg mixture into the saucepan with the remaining milk mixture. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of the sugar. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly in a figure-eight motion, until thickened slightly and the mixture coats the back of a spoon, about 5 minutes.10. Remove from the heat and strain the custard through a fine-mesh strainer. Cool in a bowl set over a bowl of ice. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or overnight.11. Serve scoops of the cake with Crème Anglaise and chocolate curls.

 

Step by step:

1. Make the simple syrup

2. Combine the sugar and water in a small pot and bring to a simmer. Stir until the sugar is fully dissolved.

3. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Store in a covered container in the refrigerator up to one week.Make the mousse

4. Break the chocolate up and place it in the top half of a double boiler set over simmering water.

5. Add the espresso powder and the 1/3 cup of Strega and let stand uncovered until the chocolate is softened. Stir until blended.

6. Transfer the chocolate to a large bowl.

7. In a large, chilled bowl with chilled beaters, whip the cream on high speed for 4 minutes, or until soft peaks form. With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the egg yolks with 2 tablespoons of the sugar until pale, about 3 minutes.

8. In a large mixer bowl with clean beaters, beat the whites on medium speed until frothy. Gradually add the remaining 4 tablespoons of the sugar and increase the speed to high. Whip until soft peaks form.

9. Add the egg-yolk mixture to the chocolate and stir to combine. Gently fold in the whipped cream. Gently fold the whites into the chocolate mixture.Assemble the cake

10. Mix together the simple syrup and the 1/2 cup of Strega. Dip half of each ladyfinger in the syrup until slightly softened.

11. In a 2-quart glass serving bowl, make alternate layers of the mousse and ladyfingers, finishing with the mousse. Cover and chill at least 8 hours or up to 2 days.Make the crème anglaise

12. In a large saucepan, bring the milk, vanilla bean and seeds, and 1/2 cup of the sugar to a simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. Immediately remove the saucepan from the heat and discard the vanilla bean.

13. In a bowl, whisk the egg yolks until thick and well blended. Gradually add about 1/2 cup of the hot mixture into the yolks and whisk until well incorporated.

14. Pour the egg mixture into the saucepan with the remaining milk mixture.

15. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of the sugar. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly in a figure-eight motion, until thickened slightly and the mixture coats the back of a spoon, about 5 minutes.1

16. Remove from the heat and strain the custard through a fine-mesh strainer. Cool in a bowl set over a bowl of ice. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or overnight.1

17. Serve scoops of the cake with Crème Anglaise and chocolate curls.

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