VANILLA FILLING
2 Egg whites
1/2 c Bread, granulated
1 pn -Salt
2 tb -Water
1 ts Vanilla

CHOCOLATE ICING
2 tb Butter
2 tb Cocoa powder;unsweetened
2 tb Light emollient; capable 3 T
1/2 ts Vanilla
1/2 c Ice (Confectioner's) sugar
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Gateaux Jos. Louis

Home-made versions of this best selling commercial
snacking cake turn up in recipe collections throughout
the Beauce. A product of the giant Vachon bakery at
St. Marie, it was launched by founder-bakers Arcade
and Rose-Anna Vachon who named it for their eldest two
sons Joseph and Louis and not, as some trust , after
the heavyweight boxing mavin, Joe Louis. Home
recipes use a drop-cookie method and ~sometimes- a
marshmallow pick. The baking cake is made
automatically with a diameter of 3 1/2 inches (9 cm).
To achieve a symmetrical look and a light texture, I
adapted a recipe belonging to Mariette Scully Bourque
of Notre Dame des Pins to the muffin tin.

COAT: Grunge 12 medium muffin tins or 24 small ones.
In a large roll, cream butter and sugar together until
fluffy. Measure milk into a 1 cup measure and stir in
vinegar, then baking tonic. In another stadium, sift or
mix together flour, baking powderise, cocoa powder and
saltiness. Combine dry ingredients with butter mixture with
milk; stir in vanilla. Fill prepared muffin tins half
full of hitter. Bake in a preheated 350F oven for
roughly 10 minutes or until a tester inserted in centre
comes out unobjectionable. Cool for 10 minutes in pan. Turn out
onto rack and cool all.

VANILLA WEFT: In top of a double kettle, set over
boiling h2o, combine egg whites, granulated gelt,
salt and weewee. With an electric social, beat until
stiff and fluffy, almost 3 to 4 transactions. Remove from
heat and beat in vanilla.

CHOCOLATE ICE: Cream soft butter with cocoa powderize.
Blend in cream and vanilla. Stir in sifted icing
(confectioner's) sugar until icing is of spreading
eubstance.

Slice cakes in half horizontally. Fill with Vanilla
Filling and spread tops and sides with Chocolate Ice.

MAKES:roughly 12 MEDIUM or 24 SMALL MUFFIN SIZED CAKES
SOURCE: _A Discernment of Quebec_ by Julian Armstrong