Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

----------------------CHOCOLATE SPONGE---------------------------
1/2 c Flour, heaping 1/2 c Sugar
2 tb Cocoa 4 tb Butter; melted
4 lg Eggs

---------------------CHOCOLATE MERINGUE--------------------------
4 Egg whites 1/3 c Sugar
1 c Sugar 1 tb Cocoa

-------------------------RUM SYRUP------------------------------
1 c Water 1 tb Rum
2 c Sugar

----------------------CHOCOLATE MOUSSE---------------------------
3/4 c Butter 4 Egg yolks
6 oz Semi sweet chocolate 1 1/4 c Powdered sugar
6 tb Cocoa powder 1 pt Cream; lightly whipped

Chocolate Sponge: Preheat oven to 350~. Grease 9" round cake tin.
Sift the flour and cocoa together; set aside. Using a wire whisk, mix
eggs and sugar in a bowl set over a pan of hot water. Continue
whisking until mixture is light and creamy. Remove from heat and
whisk until cold. Gently fold the flour-cocoa mixture into egg
mixture, then fold in melted butter. Pour batter into prepared cake
tin. Bake for 30 minutes or until sponge springs back when tapped
lightly in the center. Cool 10 minutes then turn out on rack to cool
completely.
Chocolate Meringue: Preheat oven to 325~ and line a cookie sheet with
parchment paper. By hand or with electric mixer beat egg whites until
foamy. Add 1 cup sugar gradually and continue beating until egg
whites are very stiff. Sift 1/3 cup sugar and cocoa together; fold
into the meringue mixture by hand. Spread meringue onto the cookie
sheet. Bake at 325~ until puffy. Turn off oven and leave meringue,
with the door closed, until oven is cold and meringue is very dry.
Meringue can be made in advance and stored in a dry place.

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