Rich milk chocolate date and almond gateau

Name: Rich milk chocolate date and almond gateau
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Ingredients: 175 g (6 oz) unsalted butter; 250 g (9 oz) good quality milk chocolate; 3 whole eggs; 3 egg yolks; 125 g (4 oz) light brown sugar; 175 g (6 oz) ground almonds; 100 g (3½ oz) whole almonds, toasted and crushed; 150 g (5 oz) medjool dates, chopped (if you can’t find any, poach some dates in water and sugar for 3 minutes); 150 g (5 oz) medjool dates, chopped (if you can’t find any, poach some dates in water and sugar for 3 minutes); 150 g (5 oz) medjool dates, chopped (if you can’t find any, poach some dates in water and sugar for 3 minutes); 150 g (5 oz) medjool dates, chopped (if you can’t find any, poach some dates in water and sugar for 3 minutes)

Preparation info

Serves
8-10

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

Chocolate

By Trish Deseine

Published 2003

About

A delicious cake in which the sweet taste of the milk chocolate blends with that of the elates and almonds. You could use hazelnuts instead of the almonds for even more flavour.

Ingredients

175 g (6 oz) unsalted butter
250 g (9

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Grease the sandwich tin and line the base with a circle of greased greaseproof paper.

Preheat the oven to 170°C (325°F), Gas Mark 3. Melt the butter and chocolate in a microwave oven or bain-marie. Beat the 3 whole eggs with the egg yolks and sugar until the mixture is pale and