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Ingredients
- Chocolate Buttercream Frosting:
- 1-1/2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 2 cups (12oz) semisweet chocolate chips
- 6 egg yolks
- 1-3/4 cups heavy whippoing cream
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3 tbsp baking cocoa
- 3-4 tbsp. milk
Details
Servings 12
Preparation
Step 1
In a small bowl, combine wafer crumbs and sugar; stir in the butter.
Press onto bottom of 1-1/2 in up the side of a greased 9" springform pan. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
In a heavy saucepan, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Cool.
In a mixing bowl, combine egg yolks, cream and vanilla; beat well.
Gradually stir a third of the cream mixture into melted chocolate until blended. Gradually stir in remaining cream mixture.
Pour into crust.
Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake ast 350 for 45-50 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes. Run knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer.
Refrigerate overnight.
For frosting, in a mixing bowl, cream butter. Combine confectioners' sugar and cocoa; add butter with enough milk to achieve frosting consistency.
Pipe into center of dessert. Refrigerate leftovers.
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