Chocolate Shadow Cake | America's Test Kitchen

Chocolate Shadow Cake | America's Test Kitchen

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Its name invokes the spirit of Halloween, but what could be scary about a rich chocolate butter cake layered with fluffy seven-minute icing and topped with a drippy chocolate glaze?

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  • Desserts or Baked Goods
  • Chocolate
  • Cakes
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Ingredients

  • 4 large egg whites
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 1 1/4 cups (8¾ ounces/248 grams) sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • Pinch salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 (8-inch) baked chocolate cake rounds
  • 4 ounces (113 grams) bittersweet chocolate , chopped
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 tablespoons light corn syrup

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