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    Cajun Layer Cake


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    List of Ingredients




    2 cups flour
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1 teaspoon salt
    10 teaspoons butter
    1-1/2 cups sugar
    3 egg yolks
    3 egg whites, beaten until stiff
    1 cup buttermilk
    2 squares baking chocolate, melted
    2 teaspoons pure vanilla
    1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring

    Recipe



    Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans.

    Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.

    In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition.

    Add flour alternately with buttermilk. Add chocolate and beat 3 minutes. Fold in beaten egg whites, vanilla and almond flavorings.

    Bake for 45 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool on a rack. Split each layer in half to make 4 layers.

    FILLING
    2-1/2 cups evaporated milk
    2 squares semisweet chocolate
    1-1/4 cups sugar
    5 tablespoons flour
    4 egg yolks
    2 tablespoons butter
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    1/2 teaspoon almond extract

    Combine chocolate with milk in a double boiler and melt over low heat. Add sugar and flour over medium heat, stirring until thick.

    Add egg yolks all at once and stir briskly. Cook 2 to 3 minutes more. Remove from heat, and add butter, vanilla, and almond extract. Cool. Spread in between cake layers. Do not spread on top layer.

    FROSTING
    1-1/4 cups sugar
    1 cup evaporated milk
    2 squares unsweetened baking chocolate
    4 tablespoons butter
    1 teaspoon vanilla

    Over medium heat bring sugar and milk together to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and simmer for 6 minutes without stirring.

    Remove from heat and stir in chocolate, butter, and vanilla. Return to medium-low heat, cooking for an additional 1 to 2 minutes. Cool. Chill.

    Beat thoroughly with an electric mixer before spreading over top and sides of cake.


 

 

 


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