Title: Chocolate Mousse Cake
Categories: Cake Dessert
Yield: 1 Servings

16	oz	Bittersweet chocolate
10	oz	Sugar
8	oz	Flour
5	oz	Butter
10		Egg yolks
12		Egg whites

Melt the chocolate together with the butter in a saucepan over the stove in a place not too hot.

Beat the 10 egg yolks with 5 oz sugar then add them to half of the melted chocolate.

Beat 6 egg whites very firm and fold the chocolate mixture into them, adding at the end the 8 oz of flour.

Put into a butter and floured cake pan and bake for 45 minutes at low (250). Let cool.

Beat the remaining 6 egg whites until very stiff, adding 5 oz of sugar while beating. Fold into them the rest of the chocolate which must be hardly warm.

Cover the cake with the chocolate mousse. Then sprinkle over the top and the side grated chocolate. Leave the cake in the refrigerator 2 hours before serving.

~From the L'Etoile Restaurant, 1075 California Nob Hill, SFO

Calories 1002.72 kcal Protein 22.36 grams Fat 68.37 grams Carbohydrates 99.49 grams Dietary fiber 13.86 grams Sodium (Na) 322.07 mg Polyunsat'd fat 3.26 grams Monounsat'd fat 22.30 grams Saturated fat 38.41 grams Cholesterol 505.73 mg

Serves 8. From: Earl Shelsby Date: 09-18-93

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