Malted Chocolate Decadence

Food & Cooking
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Here’s something you can do with dry malt extract besides make beer!

Malted Chocolate Decadence
1/2 cup (1/4 lb.) butter or margarine
1/4 cup water
6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
4 large eggs
3/4 cup malted milk powder  (or you can use DME)
2 tablespoons sugar

In a 2- to 3-quart pan over low heat, stir butter, water, and semisweet and unsweetened chocolate just until smooth. In a mixer bowl, whip eggs at high speed until doubled in volume. Beat in powder, then chocolate mixture and sugar.
Butter a 9-inch cake pan with removable rim. Set pan on 2 sheets of heavy foil, each about 12 inches square; press foil firmly against sides of pan (take care not to tear foil), letting ends extend above pan rim. Set pan with foil into a larger baking pan; pour batter into cake pan.
Put pans in a 350° oven; fill outer pan with about 1 inch boiling water. Bake until center of cake feels set when gently touched, about 45 minutes. Lift foil sides to remove cake from water; cool on rack. Chill at least 2 hours or up until the next day. Remove pan rim. Serves 12 to 16.

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Sweet!  Thanks Denny.  My daughter is always by my side when I’m making a starter, asking for a spoonful of DME.  She then delights in telling me “You know, malt is what they use in whoppers too!”, (meaning the candy, not the burger :wink: ).  Gee I wonder who told her that’s what’s in whoppers?..

What does the outer pan with the water do?

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It’s been a while since I’ve had DME on hand but that sounds pretty nice!

Cute story about your daughter, akr, mine (my first) is 17 months, and I’m anticipating a brewing assistant in a couple years.

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Do you have any pics of this concoction?

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I made this last year about this time and it’s the shizznit. I’d say it’s about the same size as brownies cooked in such a pan, Tesla.

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Splendid…I say splendid. That’s my word of the day.  ;D

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I made this over the weekend.  The daughter and I loved it - the wife, not so much, she was hoping it would be sweeter.  Next time I may make some caramel to drizzle on top.

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Make the caramel from DME.

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Interesting idea!  Would the DME need to be treated any differently than table sugar to make the caramel?  I’m also thinking a graham cracker crumb base would be a fun experiment - and yes, I’d mix some DME in with the crumbs, then press it into the base of the pan.

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by volume you need 3/4 c to equal 1/2 c sugar in weight.  I will harden on the surface as it cools/dehydrates.  Works on the porter gingercake in the “Cooked with Beer” section (at least i think it’s there)
http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=148.0
Fred

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It allows it to cook evenly.  Otherwise the outside would get done before the inside.  Be sure to wrap the springform pan tightly with AL foil.

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Nope, sorry.

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I did, and it turned out great.  Once I asked the question, I remembered doing the same thing for creme brule.  The only problem I had was a momentary brain fart - I tried to use a larger springform pan as the large pan.  Suprise, surprise - when I poured the water into it, it just leaked out the bottom  :-[