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Ingredientes
- 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut up
- 6 ounces coarsely chopped bittersweet chocolate
- One (14-ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk (not cream of coconut)
- One (12-ounce) can evaporated milk
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups sweet rice flour (mochiko)
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup natural cocoa powder (not Dutch-processed)
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- Confectioners’s sugar, for serving
- Whipped Cream
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons confectioners sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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