Chocolate and Almond Cake

Name: Chocolate and Almond Cake (Tort czekoladowy)
Cuisine: Polish
Ingredients: 6 eggs, separated; 150 g/5 oz/1¼ cups unsweetened cocoa powder; 150 g/5 oz/1¼ cups caster (superfine) sugar; 120 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup water; 150 g/5 oz/1¼ cups ground almonds; 15—30 ml/1—2 tbsp lemon juice, to taste; ½ vanilla pod (bean); 115 g/4 oz good quality dark (bittersweet) chocolate (minimum 70 per cent cocoa solids), chopped; 115 g/4 oz good quality dark (bittersweet) chocolate (minimum 70 per cent cocoa solids), chopped; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp unsalted (sweet) butter, cubed; 120 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup double (heavy) cream; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup icing (confectioners’) sugar, sifted

Tort czekoladowy

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Poland

By Ewa Michalik

Published 2008

About

This rich, dense chocolate cake is filled with a sweet almond paste and coated in glossy dark chocolate icing. It is often served as a snack with coffee or as an indulgent dessert for a special occasion. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Ingredients

6 eggs, separated
115 g/4 oz/1 cup

Europe
Poland
Snack
Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Eastern Europe

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Grease and line a 20cm/8in springform cake tin (pan).
Place the egg yolks in a large bowl and add the sugar. Beat together until the mixture is thick and creamy, then add the cocoa powder and ground almonds, and g