This is a rich cake which can be eaten with a cuppa or as a dessert with some creme fraiche and/or raspberries. It's my mum's recipe, hence the ozs!
Recipe posted by snowy
A RICH CHOCOLATE CAKE
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Ingredients
Switch to Cup MeasuresFor the cake
- 175 grams dark chocolate
- 110 grams butter Softened
- 110 grams caster sugar
- 110 grams ground almonds
- 4 eggs
For the topping
- 50 grams dark chocolate
- 30 grams butter
- 2 tablespoons apricot jam
Method
- Preheat the oven to gas 4/350F/180C.
- Grease and line an 8 " [20cm] spring form cake tin.
- Melt the chocolate, and cream the butter and sugar together till light and fluffy.
- Stir in the ground almonds, egg yolks and the melted chocolate.
- Whisk the egg whites till stiff and fold them into the mixture carefully.
- Pour into the tin and bake for 45-50 mins till the cake is firm to touch.
- As this is a rich cake, the top might sink and crack a bit - this is OK!.
- Leave the cake in the tin for a few minutes then put it onto a wire rack.
- When cake is cool, spread it with the apricot jam.
- Melt the chocolate and the butter together and spread over the top of the cake.
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