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Ingredients
- 125 g dark chocolate
- 1 tablespoon espresso coffee
- 1 tablespoon brandy
- 100 g unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 3/4 cup almond meal
- 3 eggs, separated
- 2 tablespoons icing sugar
Method
- Preheat ovent to 160°C.
- Butter an 18cm springform tin and line with baking paper.
- Place chocolate, coffee and brandy in a bowl over simmering water and melt chocolate. Once melted stir together adding the chopped softened butter. Add almond meal and stir well.
- Remove bowl from the heat.
- Lightly beat the egg yolks and stir into the chocolate mixture.
- Beat the egg whites to soft peak. Lighten chocolate mixture with a spoon of the egg whites, then fold in the remaining egg whites.
- Pour into prepared tin.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes until the cake is firm at the edges and slightly soft in the centre.
- Cool completely in the tin before sliding onto serving plate.
- Dust with the icing sugar.
