Categories: dessert
Ingredients
- •1-1/2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
- •2 tablespoons sugar
- •1/4 cup butter, melted
- •2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- •6 egg yolks
- •1-3/4 cups heavy whipping cream
- •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- •CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:
- •1/2 cup butter, softened
- •3 cups confectioners' sugar
- •3 tablespoons baking cocoa
- •3 to 4 tablespoons 2% milk
Directions
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•In a small bowl, combine wafer crumbs and sugar; stir in butter. Press onto the bottom and 1-1/2 in. up the sides of a greased 9-in. springform pan. Place on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
- • In a large microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Cool. In a small bowl, combine the egg yolks, cream and vanilla. Gradually stir a small amount of mixture into melted chocolate until blended; gradually stir in remaining mixture. Pour into crust.
- • Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight.
- • In a large bowl, combine the butter, confectioners’ sugar, cocoa and enough milk to achieve a piping consistency. Using a large star tip, pipe frosting on dessert. Yield: 16 servings.