Bruno's Chocolate Cake With Chocolate Cream

Ingredients

22 oz chocolate
9 eggs
3 tb rum
1/4 ts extract
1/4 ts cream of tartar
8 tb sugar
6 tb butter
3 tb cornstarch
2 tb cocoa
2 1/2 amaretti
10 italian
1/2 c water
2 c cream
9 round cake pans
1 at a time
16 ounces semisweet chocolate
1/4 egg whites to lighten the batter
1/4 chocolate cream for decorating the top of the cake
3 layers
3 ounces melted semisweet chocolate rectangle

Instructions

white chocolate on another sheet of parchment. Refrigerate until chocolate is firm but not brittle, about 15 minutes. Cut chocolate crosswise into 3/4-inch-wide strips. Refrigerate to refirm chocolate, about 15 minutes. Carefully arrange strips alternately around edges of cake, gently pressing into icing. Spoon reserved chocolate cream into pastry bag fitted with a no. 3 round tip. Pipe mixture into straight lines atop the cake. Dust lightly with cocoa;' refrigerate. Garnish with chocolate leaves. Bring to room temperature before serving.