Chocolate Genoise Cake With Raspberry Filling

Man is like a tree. His heart, not his will alone, is the root. There is no possible way by which the will can choose to produce fruit contrary to the character of the root. If the root is bad, the tree is bound by its very nature to produce evil fruit. Man is like a person standing alongside his treasure chest. There is no possibility of bringing pure gold out of a box filled only with rusty steel. The contents of the heart determine what words and deeds may be brought out. Far from being neutral, the will must reach into the heart for its choices. Every thought, word and deed will partake of the nature of the treasure within. Man is like a stream which cannot rise above its source. If the fountain is polluted, the outflow will be evil. If the source be sweet, the stream will not be bitter and cannot choose to be so. These three illustrations alike contain the same lesson. What a man is determines what he chooses. Choices of the will always reveal the character of the heart, because the heart determines the choices.

Walter Chantry

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy		Essnce03	10	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		=== CHOCOLATE GENOISE CAKE
		===
3/4	c	Cake flour
1/4	c	Cocoa powder
1	T	Cornstarch
1	pn	Baking soda
6		Eggs
1	c	Sugar
2	T	Butter, melted
		=== CHOCOLATE GANACHE ===
1	c	Heavy cream
12	oz	Bittersweet chocolate
		chopped
		=== ASSEMBLY ===
2	c	Homemade or prepared
		raspberry filling
1	c	Heavy cream, whipped
		=== GARNISH ===
		Raspberries
		Mint sprigs
		Powdered sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour an 8-inch cake pan.
Genoise: Into a small bowl sift together flour, cocoa powder,
cornstarch and baking soda. In a large metal bowl set over barely
simmering water, whisk eggs and sugar with a hand-held electric  beater
until thick, foamy and doubled in volume. Mixture should form  a ribbon
when beaters are lifted. Make sure that mixture does not get  too hot
and curdle eggs. Remove from heat and gently fold in flour  mixture
until just combined. Fold in melted butter and pour into cake  pan.
Bake 20 minutes until cake is springy to touch. Cool in pan 10  minutes
on a cake rack, turn out and cool completely. Ganache: In a  small
saucepan bring cream to a boil over high heat. Remove from heat  and
whisk in chocolate. Let cool, stirring occasionally, until  thickened,
but still pourable. Assembly: Halve cake crosswise. On a  cake rack set
over a baking sheet, cover bottom cake layer with  raspberry filling
and replace top layer. Over center of cake pour  ganache and smooth
over top and sides with a palette knife until  evenly coated. Let icing
set, about 1 hour. To decorate, pipe whipped  cream as desired, arrange
raspberries and mint and dust with powdered  sugar. This recipe yields
10 servings.  Comments: The original recipe title as listed is
Chocolate Genoise  Cake With Raspberry Filling And Chocolate Ganache.
Recipe Source: ESSENCE OF EMERIL with Emeril Lagasse From the TV FOOD
NETWORK - (Show # EE-041 broadcast 02-12-1997) Downloaded from their
Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com  Formatted for MasterCook by MR MAD,
aka Joe Comiskey -  jpmd44a@prodigy.com  03-07-1997  Recipe by: Emeril
Lagasse  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 396 Calories From Fat: 181 Total Fat: 20.4g Cholesterol: 150.3mg Sodium: 145.7mg Potassium: 303.9mg Carbohydrates: 45.2g Fiber: 3.9g Sugar: 25.4g Protein: 10.1g