Chocolate Graham Cracker Cake
Ingredients
- For the cake:
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs, separated
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 2 TBSP baking powder
- 3 TBSP cocoa
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup chopped nuts
- Chocolate Sauce
- 1 cup Whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons Sugar
- 4 ounces Bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 tablespoon Unsalted butter
Instructions
- For the cake:
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Cream butter and add sugar and egg yolks, mixing until well combined.
- Add graham cracker crumbs, baking powder, cocoa, salt, milk, vanilla extract, and nuts; mix well. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into mixture.
- Pour batter into two greased and floured 9 inch round pans.
- Bake 25-30 minutes.
- Cool slightly.
- Turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- For the chocolate sauce:
- Combine the cream and sugar in a small saucepan and heat to a boil.
- Pour the hot mixture over the chocolate and butter in a medium bowl.
- Stir until completely melted and smooth.
- Strain through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a serving bowl.
- Serve warm.
Source: Atlanta Cooknotes by the Junior League of Atlanta, Inc 1993
