Chocolate Cream Filling
Ingredients:
- 3 oz Unsweetened Chocolate
- 2 c Milk
- 3/4 c Sugar
- 4 tb Cake Flour
- 1/2 ts Salt
- 2 Egg yolks; slightly beaten
- 1 tb Butter
- 1 ts Vanilla
Instructions:
Add chocolate to milk and heat in double boiler. When chocolate is
melted, beat with rotary egg beater until blended. Combine sugar,
flour, and salt; add gradually to chocolate mixture and cook until
thickened, stirring' con- stantly; then continue cooking 10 minutes,
stirring occa- sionally. Pour small amount of mixture over egg yolks.
stirring vigorously; return to double boiler and cook 2 minutes longer,
stirring constantly. Add butter and vanilla. and cool. Makes 2-1/2 cups
filling, or enough filling to spread between three 9-inch layers. Use this
filling in small cup cakes. Use 1/2 recipe for filling 2 1/2 to 3 dozen
small cup cakes.
