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Ingredients

for the cake;

  • 300g dark chocolate broken up
  • 175g unsalted butter cubed
  • 8 eggs , separated
  • 200g soft light brown sugar
  • 60g griund almonds

for topping ;

  • 125g plain chocolate melted
  • 125g milk chocolate melted
  • chocolate dipped strawberries

Method

  • STEP 1
    preheat the oven to 180 c / 350 f / gas mark 4. Grease a 20cm tin round tin.
  • STEP 2
    For the cake melt the chocolate and butter in a large heat proof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Remove from heat and alow to cool.
  • STEP 3
    In a separate bowl using a hand held whisk mix the egg yolks and sugar untill thick and pale. Stir in the cooled chocolate and butter mixture, then stir in the ground almonds.
  • STEP 4
    In another bowl, whisk the egg whites untill stiff, then fold them into the chocolate mixture. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin.Place the tin in a roasting tin half full of boiling water.
  • STEP 5
    Place in the oven and bake for 1 hour 15 minutesor untill cake is firm.Remove the cake from the oven and leave to cool in the tin , then turn out the cake from the tin and transfer to a cooling rack.
  • STEP 6
    For the topping, drizzle the melted plain and milk chocolates decoratively over the cake aslo decorate with the chocolate dipped strawberries.
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