Garten's version of the cake has become so famous you can even buy it on Goldbelly. Photo: NBC It's not every day we come across a recipe that makes our jaws drop, but Ina Garten's Mocha Chocolate Icebox Cake did just that. 'I urge you to try this cake with a tall glass of icy cold milk. 'His grandfather had a milk route in Pennsylvania Dutch country and Beatty used to bake this cake to take to the customers on his milk deliveries,' Mathews wrote. Monte Mathews, a friend of Grimm's, shared the story behind the famous cake on his blog Chewing The Fat. 'I didn't have to beg very hard.'īeatty was Grimm's grandmother. 'He actually served this cake to me once at dinner and I just begged him for the recipe,' Garten said on an episode featuring the cake. Garten first discovered Beatty's Chocolate Cake while having dinner with her friend Michael Grimm, who runs Bridgehampton Florist in the heart of the Hamptons and frequently appears on 'Barefoot Contessa.' There’s a richness with the cream and mascarpone cheese, the chocolate flavor gets a kick from the coffee liqueur, espresso powder, and vanilla, and the store-bought cookies make assembling the cake a snap. If you’d prefer a 2 layer cake, grease and line 2 8-inch cake pans with parchment paper. Peter Kramer/NBC/NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Garten’s mocha chocolate icebox cake has such a perfect combination of flavors, your guests will rave (or weep). If you’d like to do a 4 layer cake, grease and line 4 6-inch cake pans with parchment paper.

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