Gateaux Jos Louis (Joe Louis Cakes)

Directions
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 believe, after the heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis. Home recipes use a drop-cookie method and sometimes a marshmallow filling.

The baking cake is made automatically with a diameter of 3 ½ inches (9cm). To achieve a symmetrical look and a light texture, the recipe is adapted from one belonging to Mariette Scully Bourque of Notre Dame des Pins to the muffin tin.


 * Makes:about 12 medium or 24 small muffin sized cakes

Ingredients

 * 1/2 cup butter
 * 1/2 cup Sugar, granulated
 * 2 eggs, beaten
 * 1 cup milk
 * 1 tbsp white vinegar
 * 1 tsp baking soda
 * 2 cup flour, all purpose
 * 1 tsp baking powder
 * 1/4 cup cocoa powder, unsweetened
 * 1/2 tsp -salt
 * 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
 * Vanilla FILLING
 * 2 egg whites
 * 1/2 cup Sugar, granulated
 * 1 pinch -salt
 * 2 tbsp -water
 * 1 tsp vanilla
 * Chocolate ICING
 * 2 tbsp butter
 * 2 tbsp cocoa powder, unsweetened
 * 2 tbsp light cream, up to 3 T
 * 1/2 tsp vanilla
 * 1/2 cup Icing (Confectioner's) Sugar - approximate

Directions

 * Cake
 * 1) Grease 12 medium muffin tins or 24 small ones.
 * 2) In a large bowl, cream butter and Sugar together until fluffy. Mix in eggs.
 * 3) Measure milk into a 1 cup measure and stir in vinegar, then baking soda.
 * 4) In another bowl, sift or mix together flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt.
 * 5) Combine dry ingredients with butter mixture with milk; stir in vanilla.
 * 6) Fill prepared muffin tins half full of batter.
 * 7) Bake in a preheated 350f oven for about 10 minutes or until a tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in pan. Turn out onto rack and cool completely.
 * Vanilla filling
 * 1) in top of a double boiler, set over boiling water, combine egg whites, granulated sugar, salt and water.
 * 2) With an electric mixer, beat until stiff and fluffy, about 3 to 4 minutes.
 * 3) Remove from heat and beat in vanilla.
 * Chocolate icing
 * 1) cream soft butter with cocoa powder.
 * 2) Blend in cream and vanilla.
 * 3) Stir in sifted icing (confectioner"s) Sugar until icing is of spreading consistency.
 * 4) Slice cakes in half horizontally.
 * 5) Fill with vanilla filling and spread tops and sides with chocolate icing.