This recipe from the winner of cake wars has a very great review from the judges so i checked the website of cake wars and look for that recipe. Everything looks fine until i noticed that the chocolate filling has 4 whole eggs and never mention about heating or cooking it. What?!!?? Is that possible & safe? Or maybe they only forgot to mention it. Here is the link:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bourbon-triple-chocolate-cake
it is definitely possible and it looks like that is the way they intended the recipe to go -- uncooked -- is it safe is another question --
put it this way i would never sell a cake made with raw uncooked eggs knowing what i know now -- even though if you get pasteurized eggs it is said to be safe -- still i myself would avoid that little bit of potential drama -- kwim -- just the thought of explaining myself to the health department is enough of a caution pour moi --
but i have certainly eaten raw and half cooked eggs with varying results -- i have eaten tons of cookie dough with no problem -- if i even think about a sunnyside egg with a runny yolk i get cramps -- however i have had many smoothies with a raw egg incorporated and no ill results although haven't had one in years and the whole cramp thing permanently perfectly dissuades me :)
so there it is there -- you could make a cooked chocolate pastry cream if you want to -- but you'd have to make it up -- i don't know how it would do with all the whipping
this recipe is taking no hostages -- wow -- summa cum laude in the chocolate department --
i would hold it in the fridge and just let it warm up to room temp to serve -- and it will come to room temp fast as it is served -- y'know plate it ten or fifteen minutes before you want to eat -- no problemo --
the thought of that filling is making my mouth water even now -- aghhh :)
Hey, thats my recipe! :)
Full disclosure, it was a modification of a chocolate mousse recipe I found online and loved. The raw egg thing was weird to me at first as well, and you may reconsider if it's for a client, but... It's just so damn gooood! Also you do have to beat it in the mixer for a solid 20 minutes on med speed, so it does build up a bit of heat. (Hey, in my mind that makes it safe enough to eat by the bowlful!)
It is absolutely delicious, just make sure you follow the incorporation method to a T. And it does store well in the fridge, just gets rather solid.
Thanks for trying it out! :)
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