Recipe: Chocolate almond cake
By Amanda LairdFood writer·NZ Herald·
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Save Chocolate almond cake. Photo / Babiche Martens
Serves 8
1 x 24cm spring-form cake tin
200g dark chocolate, chopped
180g butter
3/4 cup caster sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
6 eggs, separated
1 Tbs cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups ground almonds
1 Preheat oven to 170C. Grease and lightly flour a cake tin.
2 Melt the chocolate over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir
gently until the chocolate becomes smooth.
3 Cream the butter ,sugar and vanilla until pale.