Chocolate-Amaretto Heart

Name: Chocolate-Amaretto Heart
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 Tbsps butter or margarine, softened; 4 servings French Chocolate Glaze; 113 grams semisweet chocolate bar; 3 larges eggs, separated; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 4 servings Garnish: Candied Rose Petals; 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar

Chocolate-Amaretto Heart is a vegetarian side dish. One serving contains 545 calories, 7g of protein, and 32g of fat. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have salt, chocolate glaze, garnish: candied rose petals, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Grease and flour a 6-inch heart-shaped or round springform pan; line bottom with parchment or wax paper. Set aside.

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All Purpose Flour

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Springform Pan

Wax Paper

Melt butter and chocolate in a heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth.

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Chocolate

Butter

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat; let stand 2 to 3 minutes.

Pour into a mixing bowl.

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Mixing Bowl

Stir together sugar and flour. Gradually add to chocolate mixture, beating at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.

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Chocolate

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add egg yolks, beating well after each addition.

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Egg Yolk

Beat egg whites and salt at high speed with electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Gently fold egg whites into chocolate mixture.

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Egg Whites

Chocolate

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Pour into prepared pan.

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Frying Pan

Place cakepan in a 13- x 9-inch pan, and add hot water to larger pan to a depth of 1 inch.

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Water

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Frying Pan

Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until center appears firm.

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Oven

Remove pan from water, and cool on wire rack 15 minutes. Invert cake onto wire rack, and peel off paper. Cool completely.

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Water

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Wire Rack

Frying Pan

Spread Amaretto Buttercream Frosting over top of cake, and freeze 15 minutes.

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Amaretto Liqueur

Frosting

Spread

Place cake on wire rack in a 15- x 10-inch jellyroll pan.

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Wire Rack

Frying Pan

Pour French Chocolate Glaze over cake, allowing it to drip down sides.

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Chocolate Glaze

Spread glaze over sides of cake with a spatula. Spoon excess glaze from pan into a heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag; seal. Snip a tiny hole in 1 corner of bag, and drizzle chocolate over cake.

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Chocolate

Glaze

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Ziploc Bags