Ingredients 1/2 cup water 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup white sugar 18 (1 ounce) squares bittersweet chocolate 1 cup unsalted butter 6 eggs Directions Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease one 10 inch round cake pan and set aside. In a small saucepan over medium heat combine the water, salt and sugar. Stir until completely dissolved and set aside. Either in the top half of a double boiler or in a microwave oven melt the bittersweet chocolate. Pour the chocolate into the bowl of an electric mixer. Cut the butter into pieces and beat the butter into the chocolate, 1 piece at a time. Beat in the hot sugar-water. Slowly beat in the eggs, one at a time. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Have a pan larger than the cake pan ready, put the cake pan in the larger pan and fill the pan with boiling water halfway up the sides of the cake pan. Bake cake in the water bath at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 45 minutes. The cente...
INGREDIENTS Nutrition 3 ⁄ 4 cup butter 3 ⁄ 4 cup sugar 1 1 ⁄ 4 cups buttermilk 2 cups semolina 1 1 ⁄ 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 1 ⁄ 2 teaspoons baking soda SUGAR SYRUP 1 cup sugar 1 cup water DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Melt butter, allow to cool to room temperature. Combine sugar and buttermilk in a large bowl. Combine the semolina, vanilla, baking powder and baking soda in a separate bowl. Add semolina mixture to buttermilk mixture, mix well, then add melted butter, and mix well. Spray an 11x7 inch pan with cooking spray, pour in the mixture; You may also use a 13x9 inch pan, and bake for 25 minutes instead of 30. Let sit for 20 minutes. Bake for 30 minutes, pour sugar syrup over it while still warm. This is usually served with tea or coffee. ------ Sugar Syrup ----------. Combine sugar, water and juice of half a lemon in a saucepan. Brin...