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Chocolate Baumkuchen




List of Ingredients



• Cake:
  
• 1 (6 ounce) package semisweet chocolate morsels (1 cup) divided
  
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
  
• 3/4 cup sugar, divided
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
  
• 7 eggs, separated
  
• 2/3 cup flour
  
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  
• Sour Cream Layer:
  
• 2/3 cup sour cream
  
• 3 tablespoons sugar
  
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  
• Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting:
  
• 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate morsels, reserved from 6 ounce bag
  
• 3 tablespoons butter
  
• 1/3 cup sour cream
  
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
  
• 2 to 2-1/2 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
  
• Fresh strawberries, halved, garnish
  






Instructions



1. Cake: Preheat broiler. Melt 1/3 cup morsels over hot (not boiling) water; cool.
   
   
2. Beat together butter, 1/2 cup of the sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each.
   
   
3. Combine flour and cornstarch; stir into butter mixture. Stir melted morsels into half the batter; set both portions aside.
   
   
4. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add the remaining 1/4 cup sugar; beat until stiff peaks form. Fold in half the beaten whites into each portion of batter ( batter may appear curdled).
   
   
5. Spread scant 1/2 cup chocolate batter in bottom of a greased 9" springform pan. (Batter is very thin.) Place pan under broiler so that batter is 5" from heat. Broil 1 to 2 minutes or until baked.
   
   
6. Spread scant 1/2 cup plain batter over chocolate layer. Broil 1 to 2 minutes. Repeat, alternating chocolate and plain layers, making 10 layers in all. Spread top layer with Sour Cream Layer. Broil 1 minute. Cool 15 minutes. Remove sides of pan; cool completely.
   
7. Frost sides of cake with 2/3 of the Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting. Arrange strawberries around edge of cake and in center. Pipe remaining Frosting between strawberries. Chill.
   
   
8. Sour Cream Layer: Combine sour cream, sugar, and lemon juice.
   
   
9. Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting: Combine over hot (not boiling) water, the 2/3 cup morsels and butter; stir until smooth. Transfer to small bowl; cool 10 minutes. Stir in sour cream and vanilla. Gradually add confectioners sugar, beating until frosting is smooth and of spreadable consistency.
   
10. Servings: 16