Romanos Macaroni Grill Chocolate Cake Recipes

ROMANO'S MACARONI GRILL CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 x 13 pan.
• With an electric mixer, beat mayonnaise and sugar together.
• In a medium bowl, stir together flour, cocoa powder and baking soda.
• Add half of the flour mixture to the mayonnaise mixture.
• Add half of the buttermilk to the batter, beating well.
• Add remaining flour mixture and remaining buttermilk.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted 2 inches from the edge comes out with crumbs attached.
• Let cool. Meanwhile, prepare ganache: Put chopped chocolate in a heat-resistant dish.
• Heat heavy cream over medium heat just until bubbles begin to form around the edges. Pour over chopped chocolate.
• Stir until smooth.
• Cut cake into pieces and pour ganache over each piece, so it drizzles down the sides. Garnish with chopped walnuts.

ROMANO'S MACARONI GRILL WARM CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH FUDGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 350º Sift flour, baking soda, cocoa powder and sugar.
• Mix ingredients, taking care not over mix. Batter will be thick.
• Pour batter into a 13X9 inch pan.
• Bake at 350º for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Fudge Sauce: Bring cream to a simmer in a medium nonreactive saucepan over medium heat.
• Remove from heat and add chocolate all at once.
• Let sit for 5 minutes.
• Whisk the glaze smooth.
• Presentation: Cut a fairly large square of cake, and place on a dessert plate.
• (Still warm, or reheat in microwave slightly) Liberally pour warm fudge sauce over cake.
• Top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or freshly whipped cream (please-- no cool whip for this baby) and chopped nuts.

MACARONI GRILL'S CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift flour, baking soda, cocoa powder and sugar so there are no lumps and texture is smooth. Make sure that brewed coffee is at room temp and not warm. This will prevent a reaction with the baking soda. Mix ingredients, but do not over mix. Restaurant manager could not advise on the cooking time as they make this commercially, but said to use a toothpick to check doneness and make allowances for different oven usage. Frosting is a Ganache Frosting; the ingredients are heavy cream and semisweet cocoa or use any good Ganache Frosting recipe. As far as the presentation of the cake, drizzle frosting on the plate, place the square of cake on the frosting and top with a mint leaf. This recipe yields ?? servings.