Chocolate Dessert Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 100 g chocolate, chopped
• 100 g butter
• 1/4 cup caster sugar
• 2/3 cup ground almonds
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• 3 eggs, separated
• cocoa powder, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 grease a 20cm round cake tin. line the base and sides of the tin and grease the paper.
• 2 place the chocolate and butter in a saucepan over another saucepan containing boiling water, making sure the water doesn't bubble into the chocolate mix. stir over low heat until melted.
• 3 dissolve coffee in hot water. add to the chocolate mix with the sugar and almond. mix well.
• 4 beat in egg yolks, one at a time. beat egg whites to stiff peaks; gently fold into chocolate mixture, gradually.
• 5 pour into tin. cook in moderate oven for about 50 minutes or until firm to touch. cover with foil if browning too much.
• 6 cool in tin. cover and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.