Torta Caprese

Name: Torta Caprese (Caprese Cake)
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 300 g/11 oz plain/semisweet chocolate, grated; 400 g/14 oz/2 ⅓ cups blanched almonds, finely chopped; icing/confectioners’ sugar, for dusting; 6 eggs, separated; 250 g/9 oz/generous 1 cup unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing; 60 ml/4 tbsp limoncello; 250 g/9 oz/1 ¼ cups caster/superfine sugar

Caprese Cake

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

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.
Whisk the egg yolks and sugar toget