Torta di Cioccolato con Uvetta e Pignoli

Name: Torta di Cioccolato con Uvetta e Pignoli (Chocolate Cake with Raisins and Pine Nuts)
Yield: For 8 Persons
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 2½ tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder; ½ cup pine nuts; Salt; ⅓ cup seedless raisins; 1 cup granulated sugar; 8 tablespoons butter, softened to room temperature; 3 eggs, separated; 5 tablespoons milk; 1⅔ cups flour, plus 2 tablespoons for dusting the raisins and pan; 1⅔ cups flour, plus 2 tablespoons for dusting the raisins and pan

Chocolate Cake with Raisins and Pine Nuts

Preparation info

For
8
Persons

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Marcella's Italian Kitchen

By Marcella Hazan

Published 1986

About

This low-rising, compact chocolate dessert somewhat resembles firm fudge or brownies, to which the raisins and pine nuts bring a distinctly Mediterranean flavor.

Ingredients

⅓ cup seedless raisins
1 cup granulated sugar
8

Europe
Italy
Dessert
Vegetarian
Mediterranean
Cake

Method

Turn on the oven to 350°F.
Soak the raisins in lukewarm water for 20 to 30 minutes.
Put the sugar and softened butter in a mixing bowl and beat them with a whisk to a foamy consistency.
Add the egg yolks to the bowl and then the milk, in a very thin, slow stream, mixing all the ingredients thoroughly.
Mix in the