Recipe

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• syrup
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tsp vanilla
• sauce
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 tsp instant coffee granules
• base
• 4 slices poundcake : storebought from a loaf or home made
• 1 pint coffee ice cream
• 4 oz chocolate chips
• garnish
• 8 oz strawberries peeled and sliced
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp orange liquer
• meringue
• 4 large egg whites
• 3/4 cup sugar divided
• 1/4 cup water

• 1 prep does no include freezer time
• 2 Syrup:
• 3 Bring sugar and water to a boil so sugar dissolves and then set aside
• 4 For sauce: Microwave coffee granules and cream in 30 second burst until hot and bubbly
• 5 Add chips and stir smooth and set aside
• 6 Using a large biscuit cutter or bottom of a glass, cut out a large round from each of the the pound cake slices and place on a baking sheet
• 7 Brush each round with vanilla syrup
• 8 Scoop the ice cream into 4 large scoop and mound a scoop on each slice
• 9 Place rounds in freezer
• 10 For strawberries:
• 11 Toss with orange liquer and sugar and set aside
• 12 For sauce:
• 13 Place egg whites in a large bowl
• 14 In saucepan combine 1/2 cup sugar and the water
• 15 Heat till mixture becomes 220F
• 16 Then whip whites with eletric mixer with whisk attachment until frothy and slowly add the 1/4 cup sugar until whites reach soft peaks
• 17 Continue cooking syrup till it reaches 240F
• 18 This should happen when whites are beaten to soft peaks
• 19 Slowly pour syrup into whjies with mixer on and beat until whites are thick, light and white and bowl is no longer warm
• 20 Remove cakes from freezer
• 21 Using a spoon completely cover ice cream and cake with meringue
• 22 Heat broiler and brown meringues under broiler about 1 minute
• 23 Place mocha sauce on the plates
• 24 Remove cakes from baking sheet with spatula and place over the sauce
• 25 Garnish sides of plates with the berries
• 26 Serve at once!