Chocolate Cake Florence

1 hours Prep: 15 minutes Cook: 45 minutes

624 calories per serving view nutrition facts

6 servings suggest servings

Be the first to add a photo of this recipe!

Ingredients

2	cups	cake flour	sifted
2	teaspoons	baking powder
1	dash	salt
1/2	cup	butter
1 1/2	cups	sugar	+ 1/2 c
4	large	eggs	separated
4	ounces	chocolate unsweetened	unsweetened,, melted
1	teaspoon	vanilla extract
1 1/3	cups	milk
1/4	cup	tia maria
1	x	nuts	chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift flour with baking powder and salt.

Cream butter; add 1 1/2 c of the sugar gradually and blend until light and fluffy.

Beat in egg yolks. Add chocolate and vanilla.

Add flour alternately with milk, mixing well after each adition.

Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry; add 1/2 c sugar and fold into batter.

Turn into pans and bake 35 minutes. Cool. Pour 2 Tbsp Tia Maria over each layer and frost with Florence icing.

Dust sides with chopped nuts.

Florence Icing 4 Tbsp butter 2 c sugar 1/2 c milk 2 oz bitter chocolate Melt butter in a saucepan; add sugar and milk.

Bring to a boil stirring constantly then cook over low heat 10 minutes or until temperature reaches 236 degrees or 115 c.

Melt chocolate; add Tia Maria. Stir into butter mixture. Remove from heat and beat icing until thick enough to spread.

If icing hardens before cake is frosted, soften with a little hot water.

Categories this recipe belongs to

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 214g

Amount per Serving

Calories 624 37% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 26.0g	40%
Saturated Fat 15.0g	75%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 186mg	62%
Sodium 182mg	8%
Total Carbohydrate 92.0g	31%
Dietary Fiber 3.0g	10%
Sugars 53.0g
Protein 11.0g	23%

Vitamin A	15%		Vitamin C	0%
Calcium	13%		Iron	33%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

How is this calculated?

Rate this Recipe

Not a member? You can still rate this recipe!

Review this Recipe

Note: You must be a member to submit a review. Please Sign in or Sign Up.

Recipe Bite

Christmas Articles - A “Sweet” Vegetable Just In Time For The Holiday Season

by Josh Khan

Sweet potatoes are often referred to “sweet potato pie” but there’s more you can do with the delicious winter vegetable. The sweet potato (or yam, as some people in the U.S. and Caribbean) is the starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots that comes the...