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luxurious scrummy chocolate cake Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • preheat the oven to 180c. grease and line a 8inch springform cake tin. beat 115g butter and all the sugar untill lite and fluffy. add 2/3rds of the plain choc, the almonds and egg yolks and beat well.
  • whisk the egg whites in a clean bowl untill stiff. fold them into the choc mix and transfer into the tin, smooth the surface. bake for 50-55 mins, untill a skewer in the centre comes out clean. cool in the tin for 5mins, then place on a wire rack to cool and remove the lining paper.
  • when cake is cooled, place the remaining buter and melted choc in a saucepan. heat very gently, stirin constantly, until melted. place a large sheet of greaseproof paper under the cooling rack to catch any mess. pour the choc topping over the cake, coating top and sides.
  • leave to set for at least an hour.
  • serve anice big wedge, on its own or if you really feel naughty have some nice fresh whipped cream on the top
  • enjoy

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  • jo_jo_ba 18 years ago
    Yummy! May try this with ground hazelnuts too... think that'd work?
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