Cajun Layer Cake
Source of Recipe
Internet
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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