Jamaican Chocolate Tower Cake

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Ready In:
1hr 40mins
Ingredients:
18
Serves:
10-12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Sift cake flour, 1 c of the sugar, baking powder and salt into a medium size bowl.
  • Beat egg whites with cream of tartar until foamy white in a large bowl, beat in remaining 3/4 c sugar, 1 t at a time until meringue forms soft peaks.
  • Blend liquid shortening, water, vanilla and egg yolks into flour mixture.
  • Add melted chocolate, beat one minute with electric mixer at low speed or 75 strokes by hand.
  • Fold into meringue until no streaks of white remain.
  • Pour into ungreased 10 inch angel food cake pan.
  • Bake in 325 oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until top springs back.
  • Turn pan upside down and set on a bottle.
  • Cool cake completely.
  • Turn onto a wire rack.
  • Split cooled cake into 3 layers.
  • Prepare frosting by melting butter and chocolate in large saucepan.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Beat in powdered sugar gradually with all remaining ingredients until frosting is smooth and creamy.
  • Put cake layers back together with frosting.
  • Spread remaining frosting on sides and tops.

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