Dark chocolate and almond gateau

Name: Dark chocolate and almond gateau
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: 100 g (4 oz) butter, softened; 200 g (7 oz) dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces; 5 eggs, separated; 180 g (6 oz) sugar; 100 g (4 oz) ground almonds; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 75 g (3 oz) flour

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Chocolate

By Trish Deseine

Published 2003

About

Ingredients

100 g (4 oz) butter, softened
200 g (7

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Grease and flour the sandwich tin.

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F), Gas Mark 4. Melt the butter and chocolate in a microwave oven or bain-marie. Remove from the heat and add the egg yolks, followed by the sugar. Transfer this mixture to the food processor, then add the almond