Score some brownie points by whipping up this delicious dessert for your Valentine.
Ingredients
| 130 g | Dark chocolate, (darkest bitter chocolate available) |
| 100 g | Butter |
| 1 Tbsp | Cognac |
| 1 | Orange |
| ½ Tbsp | Espresso coffee, (or use instant coffee powder mixed with 2 tsp water) |
| 100 g | Sugar |
| 120 g | Ground almonds (Main) |
| 3 | Eggs |
| 1 to serve | Cream |
Directions
- Preheat oven to 150C. Grease and line the cake tin.
- In a double boiler add the chocolate, butter, cognac, zest (from 1 orange), espresso, sugar and almonds.
- Heat until melted, stirring occasionally until smooth and well combined.
- Add the yolks and mix well. Whisk the whites until stiff and fold through the mixture.
- Pour into the tin and bake for approximately 40 minutes. Serve with softly whipped cream.