no-bake chocolate birthday cake
Here’s a new kind of birthday “cake”—no baking needed, and your imagination can turn a simple gelatine into a dessert to suit the taste of the king or queen of the day.
4 envelopes Knox Unflavored Gelatine
1½ cups sugar, divided
½ tsp. salt
1 cup cocoa
6 eggs, separated
5 cups milk
1 Tbsp. vanilla
Vanilla wafers
Whipped cream
Mix gelatine, ¾ cup of sugar, salt and cocoa in top of double boiler. Beat egg yolks and milk together. Add to gelatine mixture. Cook over boiling water, stirring constantly until gelatine is dissolved, about 5 to 8 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Chill until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon. Beat egg whites until stiff. Beat in remaining ¾ cup sugar. Fold chocolate gelatine mixture into egg whites. Turn into two 9-inch layer cake pans. Chill until firm. Unmold one layer on cake plate. Top with flat layer of vanilla wafers. Turn out second layer of gelatine over this. Decorate and garnish with whipped cream. Chill until serving time. Makes 12 servings.