Chocolate-Pecan Cake with Cherimoya Custard Sauce

Name: Chocolate-Pecan Cake with Cherimoya Custard Sauce
Yield: Yield: 10 to 12 Servings.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 10½ ounces (squares) semisweet chocolate, chopped; 2 ounces (squares) unsweetened chocolate, chopped; 1 cup heavy cream; 4 tablespoons butter; Cherimoya Custard Sauce; ¾ cup toasted or roasted pecans, chopped; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; ⅓ cup sugar; 5 large eggs

Preparation info

Yield:
10 to 12
Servings.

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Cherimoyas are also known as custard apples. They have an outer greenish to greenish-black skin and are eaten with the seeds discarded. They have a sweet flavor that resembles a blend of strawberries and pineapple. For desserts they must have achieved a perfect ripeness.

Ingredients

1 cup heavy cream
4 tablespoons butter
2 ounces

Americas
United States
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Butter the inside of a 9-inch cake pan. Place a round of parchment or wax paper, cut to fit, in the bottom of the pan. Butter th