В В Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit. Shape for a cake 2 inches deep and 9 inches in diameter, grease and sprinkle with flour.
Shortcakes: In a water bath to melt the chocolate and butter, stirring until smooth. Cool. Beat the egg yolks with a mixer with 1 ounce of sugar until light yellow in color. Cautiously, in part, to connect with chocolate, mix well.
In a separate bowl beat whites with salt until soft peaks. Continuing to whisk, add the remaining portions of 3 ounces of sugar. By parts to introduce the flour. Mix one-third of the protein mass with chocolate. Carefully add the rest of the protein mass. Put the dough into prepared pan. Bake for about 40 minutes. Check availability, punctures the center cake with a thin knife - the dough should not molest. Cool cake on wire rack.
Toppings - apricot jam or preserves rub through a sieve, add the brandy.
Acute and long thin knife to cut the cake into three (very delicate procedure). Sprinkle cakes with 1 tablespoon of brandy. Grease the bottom cake apricot stuffing, cover with a second, spread the remaining filling. Cover with a third Korzh. Cool for at least half an hour.
Glaze: Melt chocolate with butter in a water bath. In a separate saucepan, bring cream to a boil (do not boil). Stir in melted chocolate. Cool and zaglazirovat cake. Cool another half-hour. If you have the patience and willpower - in the refrigerator overnight (usually patience is not enough). Serve with whipped cream (the secret of perfectly whipped cream - a cup of heavy cream whipped with cold, the cold chilled mixer bowl, or better yet - on ice by adding in the process of whisking a tablespoon of powdered sugar)