Recipe - Chocolate Baum Cake

CAKE
1/3 pack (6oz) Nestle Toll House
semisweet chocolate
morsels
One half cup Butter; softened
Three fourths cup Sugar; divided
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
7 Separated
2/3 cup Allpurpose flour
3 tablespoon Cornstarch

GARNISH
2/3 cup Sour cream
3 tablespoon Sugar
One half teaspoon Lemon juice
Chocolate sour cream
frosting (see recipe)
1 One half cup Fresh strawberries; washed,
hulled and cut into halves

Cake: Preheat broiler. Grease 9inch springform pan; set aside. Melt over
hot (not boiling) water, Nestle Toll House semisweet chocolate morsels;
stir until smooth. Cool to room temperature. In small bowl, combine butter,
One half cup sugar and vanilla extract; beat until creamy. Add egg yolks, 1 at a
time, beating well after each addition. In cup, combine flour and
cornstarch; add to butter/egg mixture. Divide batter in half. Stir melted
morsels into One half of batter.

In large bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add
remaining One fourth cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Divide egg whites
equally between plain and chocolate batters; fold in egg whites (see note).
Spread scant One half cup chocolate batter into bottom of prepared pan (layer
will be very thin). Place pan under broiler so that batter is 5 inches from
heat. Broil 12 minutes or until baked through. Spread scant One half cup plain
batter on top of baked chocolate layer. Broil as before. Repeat,
alternating chocolate and plain layers, making 10 layers in all.

Garnish: In cup, combine sour cream, sugar and lemon juice. Spread over
top cake layer. Broil 1 minute or until set. Cool 1015 minutes. Remove
sides of pan; cool completely. Frost sides of cooled cake with 1 cup
Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting. Arrange strawberries around edge of cake and
in center. Using remaining One half cup frosting, pipe circle around edge of
cake. Chill. Makes 1 cake.

NOTE: Batter may appear curdled.

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