Flourless Chocolate Hazelnut Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 12 ounces hazelnuts, toasted and skins removed
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 6 egg yolks
• 6 egg whites
• 5/8 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup kahlua
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
• 2 teaspoons instant coffee or 2 teaspoons freeze-dried coffee
• 2 teaspoons boiling water
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup sweet butter, softened
• 2 eggs

Recipe

• 1 for cake, preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 grease a 9 inch springform pan.
• 3 grind toasted hazelnuts in food processor until very finely chopped.
• 4 stir in baking powder and set aside.
• 5 in a large bowl, beat egg yolks with sugar until pale in color.
• 6 mix in ground hazelnuts, kahlua and melted chocolate.
• 7 in a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.
• 8 quickly fold 1/3 of the egg whites into chocolate mixture to lighten the mixture.
• 9 then add remaining whites and fold until no streaks remain.
• 10 pour into springform pan.
• 11 bake in preheated oven for 60-70 minutes or until top of cake springs back when lightly touched.
• 12 cool on wire rack.
• 13 when cake is cool, slice horizontally into 2 layers.
• 14 drizzle each cut side with 1 tbsp kahlua.
• 15 to make frosting, dissolve coffee in boiling water.
• 16 set aside.
• 17 melt chips in microwave oven, stir until smooth.
• 18 set aside.
• 19 in medium bowl, combine butter and eggs, beat until creamy.
• 20 beat in melted chips and coffee, mixing until well blended.
• 21 spread generously between layers, down the sides and on the top of the cake.