Chocolate Gateau
By: Anonymous
Published: Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 5:37pm

Ingredients




cup Butter or margarine,softened
1 cup Sugar
3 Eggs
3 ounces Unsweetened chocolate,melted
1 teaspoon Instant coffee crystals
2 cups Sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
teaspoon Salt
1 cup Whipping cream
Chocolate Buttercream Filling*(recipe follows)
Chocolate Glaze (recipe follows)
Slivered almonds

Preparation

1 Cream butter and sugar in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, blending well after each addition. Mix in chocolate and coffee crystals. Mix in combined flour, baking soda and salt alternately with cream, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. 2 Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8 inch round cake pans; bake at 350 F for 20 minutes, or until cake springs back when touched. 3 Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool. 4 Make filling and glaze. 5 Cut cake layers in half horizontally with serrated knife. Place 1 cake layer on serving plate; spread with a third of the buttercream filling. Repeat with remaining layers and filling. Frost top and side of cake with glaze; garnish with almonds. 6 Yield: 10 to 12 servings. 7 *Cake can be made 2 days in advance; refrigerate.