Recipe of Chocolate Ambrosia - Food Recipes

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Title: Chocolate Ambrosia
Categories : Cheesecakes, Chocolate
Serving size: 1 servings Chocolate cake: 2 c Hot water 4 oz Cocoa powder 11 oz Mayonnaise 14 oz Sugar 1 tb Baking soda 1 ts Salt 14 oz Cake flour Coconut ganache: 1 qt Heavy cream 1/3 c Coconut rum; (1/3 to 1/4) 2 lb Semisweet chocolate chopped Mandarin orange sections Grated coconut Shaved chocolate For the Cake: Place hot water an cocoa powder in the bowl of a mixer with a paddle. Mix until blended. Add mayonnaise. Blend until creamy. Add sugar, baking soda, mix well. Add the flour in three batches, mix only until blended. Pour into a pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray, bake at 350 degrees for 3040 minutes.
Serving size: 1 9-inch layer cake For the Ganache: Bring cream to a boil. Remove from the flame. Whisk in coconut rum, and chopped chocolate. Stir until all the chocolate has melted and set aside to cool. To Assemble: Once the cake has cooled, take a slicing knife and even out the top of the cake. From this one layer we will make four. Spread a thin layer of ganache on the bottom layer, top with a layer of mandarin oranges that have been drained from the juice and patted as dry as possible, a layer of freshly grated coconut and then another thin layer of ganache top. Repeat the process with the remaining 3 layers. Coat the top of the cake with a thin layer of ganache and garnish with mandarins and shaved chocolate. CHEF DU JOUR CHEF CYNTHIA LONG -----