The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #17845   Message #174124
Posted By: Sorcha
05-Feb-00 - 08:21 PM
Thread Name: BS: Mudcat's Just Desserts cookbook
Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat's Just Desserts cookbook
Chocolate Pudding Cake
This separates all by its self while baking.
Pre-heat oven to 350
Ingredients
3 large eggs, separated
1 cup white granulated sugar
3 Tablespoons dry powdered unsweetened cocoa
3 Tablespoons white flour
3 Tablespoons butter
1 cup (8 oz) milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
dash of cinnamon
Beat the eggwhites until stiff and foamy.
In another bowl, cream together the sugar,cocoa,flour and butter. Add the 3 egg yolks to this and mix slightly. Then add the milk, vanilla and cinnamon. (If you do this in an oven proof bowl, you can bake it in the mixing bowl)Gently fold in the beaten egg whites to the chocolate mixture. Place the baking bowl in another bowl or pan of hot water deep enough to come up just to the level of the batter in the bowl.
Bake about 45 minutes, until toothpick inserted about 1-2" down comes out clean. Makes about 2 cups of batter. I use a 6" diameter crockery bowl for the batter.
Let stand about 30 minutes to help the pudding set up.

Raspberry Delight
1 box 'Nilla Wafers
4 oz (1/2 cup) butter or margarine
1 cup confectioner's (powdered)sugar
2 egg whites, beaten until very stiff
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 pint frozen sweetened raspberries in sirup,thawed
1/2 pint(in liquid form) heavy whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon granulated white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
After beating egg whites, beat cream until stiff, add the granulated sugar and vanlla.(Don't let it turn to butter!) In a blender or with rolling pin, crush all the 'Nilla Wafers until you have very fine crumbs (can you buy Vanilla Wafer crumbs yet? Maybe; you'll need about 2 cups) Spread 1/2 the crumbs in the bottom of an 8"x8" pan. With a mixer, cream the 4 oz butter, and powdered sugar til light and fluffy. Stir in the beaten egg white.
Pour the egg sugar mix over the crumbs in the pan, and place about 1/2 the pecans on this. Spread (thawed) raspberries over the pecans.Spread the sweetened whipped cream over the raspberries, and top with other 1/2 of cookie crumbs and pecans.
Refrigerate AT LEAST 2 HOURS before serving, overnight is better.