Torta Caprese

Caprese Cake

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Italian Regional Cookbook

By Valentina Harris

Published 2017

  • About

This delicious chocolate and almond cake is sticky and moreish, but light at the same time. You can alter the flavour by using a different liqueur, such as Maraschino, though limoncello is the most traditional liqueur to use.

Ingredients

  • 250 g/9 oz/generous 1 cup unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
  • 6

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease a 20cm/8in cake tin or pan, then line with baking parchment. Melt the butter in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Remove from the heat. Leave to cool.
  2. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar toget