Velvet Chocolate Cake

Description:
One of the recipes posted on Self Sufficient Group. Original post on Examiner dot com.

By: Elizabeth Jones, Nashville Budget Meals Examiner

Eating out is one of the first things to go when cutting the budget, but you don’t have to sacrifice a decadent dessert just because you’re eating at home. Velvet Chocolate Cake is a simple little concoction that has a velvety texture and a delightfully full chocolate flavor that encompasses the senses and is in a word; simply perfect! The texture is smooth and silky; the flavor a robust chocolate without any bitterness and it is a snap to prepare!

Ingredients:
* ¾ cup milk chocolate chips (Ghirardelli preferably)
* ¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips (Ghirardelli preferably)
* 6 tablespoons butter (no substitutes)
* 3 tablespoon flour
* 3 eggs separated
* 4 tablespoons sugar
* ¼ teaspoon baking powder
* 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:
Melt chocolate chips and butter together either over a double boiler or in the microwave.
Stir until smooth.
Stir in flour and baking powder, stir well until sooth.
Blend in egg yolks one at a time, blending well after each.

Beat egg whites till foamy.
Add sugar 1 tablespoon at a time being sure to beat well after each.
Beat egg whites till soft peaks form, do not over beat.

Gently fold egg whites into chocolate mixture and gently but completely combine.

Pour into an 8 inch cake pan that has been buttered and floured.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes check for doneness, a broom straw or cake tester should come out clean when inserted into the middle of the cake. Most likely the cake will need to bake for about 5 more minutes but keep a very close eye on it, you do not want this cake to over bake!

Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then turn over onto a cake rack and allow to cool upside down on cake rack till cool. You may need to tap the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to gently dislodge the cake if it does not release on its own.

Glaze with Chocolate glaze recipe below.


Chocolate Glaze


* ¾ cup milk chocolate chips
* ¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 1 to 2 tablespoons water

Melt chips and then add butter, blend until smooth.
Add one tablespoon of water and blend well, if glaze is thin enough to pour then glaze done. If glaze is still too thick to pour then add a little at a time of the remaining tablespoon of water till glaze is the consistency you desire.