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Cake: 14 ounces semisweet chocolate 1 cup butter 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons cream 6 eggs, separated 1 cup sugar 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 cup diced Peppermint Pattie candies Ganache: 1 cup cream 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9 1/2-10-inch springform pan; line bottom with parchment paper; butter the paper and flour the pan, tapping out the excess flour. In top of a double boiler, melt the chocolate with the butter and cream. Reserve. In the bowl of a mixer with a whip, beat egg yolks with the sugar until very thick and light (about 5 minutes). Add the melted chocolate mixture to the egg yolks and mix until just blended. Add flour, salt, and vanilla, and mix until combined, scraping bowl once or twice. Transfer the batter to a large mixing bowl and stir in Peppermint Pattie pieces. The mixture will be quite thick. In a clean mixing bowl, with a clean whip, beat egg whites to medium soft peaks. Lighten the batter by stirring in about one-third of the egg whites. Fold in the remaining whites and place the batter in the prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes. The top of the cake will feel set, and very fine hairline cracks will just start to form around the edges. Remove and cool in the pan on a rack. Ganache: Heat cream in a heavy-bottomed saucepan to just under a boil. Add chopped chocolate, stirring constantly over very low heat, cooking until completely smooth. Strain through a fine sieve into a bowl and cool, stirring occasionally, until thickened and spreadable. This can take several hours. Place the cooled cake upside down on plate. Remove the sides and bottom of the springform pan. Remove the parchment liner. Spread the ganache over the cake. Serve at room temperature. Yield: 12 servings. This recipe is from an actual cookbook printed by Fundcraft Publishing! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: Cookbooks.com! Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |