Entry: For Gina 6/16/2004



This is a flourless chocolate cake for Gina as she has to be wheat-free and is missing chocolate cake.

Chocolate and Almond Cake


(in imperial measures because I've had it for years)
1/4 lb of chocolate (Lindt or similar)
3onz butter
3onz castor sugar
3onz ground almonds
3 eggs
1tblsp rum or brandy
1 tblsp black coffee
  • Set oven to very low: Gas mark 1 290 F
  • Grease a 7 inch shallow sponge tin
  • Break the chocolate into small pieces put them into a bowl in the oven to melt with the rum and coffee.
  • Stir well and put in a saucepan with the butter sugar and ground almonds.
  • Stir over a very low heat until melted.
  • Leave to stand
  • Separate the eggs
  • Beat the whites until very stiff
  • Stir the beaten yolks into the choclate mixture
  • Fold in the egg whites
  • Pour gently into the tin
  • Place the tin on a metal baking sheet and put into the oven
  • Cook for 45 mins.
  • Leave in tin until cool
  • Turn cake out very carefully!!!! It is very fragile because of the lack of flour.
    So there it is and very nice too I'm assured by the choloate eaters for whom I've made it. I am allergic to chocolate so I wouldn't know!
    Amazing the uses to which you can put a blog!!

    •    7 comments

    Nancy White
    June 24, 2004   08:54 PM PDT
     
    Oooh, I'm going to have to blog this. I have a reputation to keep up online

    Nancy aka Choconancy
    Linda H
    June 24, 2004   01:02 PM PDT
     
    Sorry Pete!
    Pete Bradshaw
    June 20, 2004   05:24 PM PDT
     
    I shall not be tempted<br>I shall not be tempted<br>I shall not be tempted<br>I shall not be tempted<br>I shall not be tempted<br>I shall not be tempted<br>I shall not be tempted<br>I shall not be tempted<br> ;-)
    Name
    June 17, 2004   12:31 AM PDT
     
    Anything?
    Gina
    June 16, 2004   11:26 PM PDT
     
    Well quite frankly it worked-I'd do anything for chocolate cake :-)
    Linda H
    June 16, 2004   11:08 PM PDT
     
    Hmm someone thinks I'm trying to steal his LF with a chocolate cake!! Not true.
    Name
    June 16, 2004   09:50 PM PDT
     
    It's got eggs in it.

    You can use it for poaching

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