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EBONY AND IVORY Y
EBONY AND IVOR

CAKE E
CAK

his cake is like that per - garnish the cake with a
fect little black dress: necklace of edible flower

simple but stunning. The buds around the base, a string
ganache drapes over the cake of red raspberries, sprigs of fresh

much the way a pearl necklace slides mint from the garden, rosy peach
over silk. Depending on the season, slices, or crisp Bosc pear wedges.

R PREPARATION TIME: 10 MINUTES
SERVES: 16

the Cake Mix Doctor says BAKING TIME: 28 TO 32 MINUTES
ASSEMBLY TIME: 10 MINUTES
A fast and memorable way to decorate
this cake is to toast sliced almonds for 1
to 2 minutes in a 350°F oven, just until Solid vegetable shortening for greasing
they develop some color. Let them cool, the pans
and then carefully scatter them over the Flour for dusting the pans
top and along the sides of the cake. It
6 ounces white chocolate, coarsely chopped
gives the cake a more rustic look and
1 package (18.25 ounces) plain white
another flavor dimension. Or, if you
cake mix
want to keep in the black-and-white
2 ⁄3 cup water
theme, shower the cake with white and
dark chocolate curls or arrange 1 ⁄3 cup vegetable oil
chocolate leaves on top (see How to 3 large eggs
Make Chocolate Curls, page 250). 2 large egg whites

Chocolate Ganache (page 441)