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
# Grease 12 medium muffin tins or 24 small ones.
# In a large bowl, cream butter and Sugar together until fluffy. Mix in eggs.
# Measure milk into a 1 cup measure and stir in vinegar, then baking soda.
# In another bowl, sift or mix together flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt.
# Combine dry ingredients with butter mixture with milk; stir in vanilla.
# Fill prepared muffin tins half full of batter.
# 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
# in top of a double boiler, set over boiling water, combine egg whites, granulated sugar, salt and water.
# With an electric mixer, beat until stiff and fluffy, about 3 to 4 minutes.
# Remove from heat and beat in vanilla.
; Chocolate icing
# cream soft butter with cocoa powder.
# Blend in cream and vanilla.
# Stir in sifted icing (confectioner"s) Sugar until icing is of spreading consistency.
# Slice cakes in half horizontally.
# Fill with vanilla filling and spread tops and sides with chocolate icing.
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