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Chocolate Christmas Dream
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes
Ready In: 0 Minutes
Servings: 8
Today Show: family recipe handed down from from Sasha Bunn's Dad- Christmas special. Please note that after the fact, the recipe may be incomplete since Ms Bunn's recipe is imcomplete on the today show site. Read more She refers to it as a chocolate mousse cake but there are no instructions indicatng a mousse is being made or whipped- just a cooked filling. I have taken the liberty to add my suggestions in the comment section below and I beleive experienced bakers probably can figure it out!
Ingredients:
for the crust
2 cups flour
2 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
for the filling
2 cups heavy cream
2 pounds semisweet chocolate
orange liquer mentioned on the today show video but not in the actual today show recipe instructions
for the topping
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespooons butter
1 pound semisweet chocolate
Directions:
1. DIRECTIONS
2. For the crust: Mix all dry ingredients together, then cut butter into flour and press into pan. ( springform )
3. Bake in an oven heated to 350 degrees for 10 minutes until crust lightly rises.
4. For the filling: ( please note that she mentions orange liquer for the mousse like filling )
5. Place heavy cream in a saucepan and heat slightly.
6. Add chocolate to pan and stir until melted.
7. Turn off heat once mixtture has thickened and put into crust.
8. Please note; she mentions whipped but these instructions don't indicate it!!!
9. Refrigerate.
10. For the topping:
11. Place heavy cream in a saucepan and heat slightly.
12. Add chocolate and stir until blended.
13. Add butter and stir.
14. Pour mixture over filling and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
By RecipeOfHealth.com