Continental Chocolate Cake Recipe
Ingredients
| Butter | 4 Ounce, softened (For Cake:) | |
| Sugar | 4 Ounce, sifted (For Cake:) | |
| Plain chocolate | 4 Ounce, melted (For Cake:) | |
| Eggs | 4 (For Cake:) | |
| Ground almonds | 4 Ounce (For Cake:) | |
| Flour | 1 Ounce (For Cake:) | |
| Plain chocolate | 2 Ounce, broken (For Chocolate Icing:) | |
| Water | 1 Tablespoon (For Chocolate Icing:) | |
| Butter | 1 Ounce (For Chocolate Icing:) | |
| Icing Sugar | 2 Tablespoon, sifted (For Chocolate Icing:) | |
| Cocoa powder | 1 Tablespoon (For Chocolate Icing:) | |
| Blanched almonds | 1 Ounce (For Chocolate Icing:) |
Directions
GETTING READY
1) Preheat oven to temperature of 325 degrees.
2) Grease an oblong cake tin of 8x6-inches. Line the bottom with a greased greaseproof paper or non-stick parchment.
MAKING
3) In a bowl, put the sugar and butter and beat well together till the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the melted chocolate and egg yolks and stir well.
4) Fold the ground almonds into the mixture, along with the flour, till evenly blended.
5) Beat the egg whites till they are stiff and then fold them into the creamed mixture.
6) Into the prepared tin, spoon the mixture. Smooth the top.
7) In the preheated oven, bake the mixture for 1 ¾ to 2 hours, till a skewer inserted in the cake-'s center emerges clean.
8) Turn the hot cake out onto a wire rack and take off the paper lining. Leave the cake to cool.
9) If you wish to freeze the cake, it should be done at this point. First flash freeze the cake till it is firm and then pack it in a rigid container. Seal, label and store in the freezer.
FINALIZING
10) To prepare the icing, in a heatproof bowl, put the water, chocolate and butter. Stand the bowl over a pan of gently simmering water and stir well till melted.
11) Take the mixture off the heat and beat in the icing sugar along with the cocoa till a smooth mixture is formed. Let it cool.
12) If using frozen cake, first thaw it at room temperature for about 4 hours and then make the icing as directed in Steps 10 and 11.
SERVING
13) Put the cake on a decorative serving platter, spread the icing all over and, if preferred, scatter tops almonds on top. Serve the cake slightly chilled or at room temperature. Makes a good dessert.
1) Preheat oven to temperature of 325 degrees.
2) Grease an oblong cake tin of 8x6-inches. Line the bottom with a greased greaseproof paper or non-stick parchment.
MAKING
3) In a bowl, put the sugar and butter and beat well together till the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the melted chocolate and egg yolks and stir well.
4) Fold the ground almonds into the mixture, along with the flour, till evenly blended.
5) Beat the egg whites till they are stiff and then fold them into the creamed mixture.
6) Into the prepared tin, spoon the mixture. Smooth the top.
7) In the preheated oven, bake the mixture for 1 ¾ to 2 hours, till a skewer inserted in the cake-'s center emerges clean.
8) Turn the hot cake out onto a wire rack and take off the paper lining. Leave the cake to cool.
9) If you wish to freeze the cake, it should be done at this point. First flash freeze the cake till it is firm and then pack it in a rigid container. Seal, label and store in the freezer.
FINALIZING
10) To prepare the icing, in a heatproof bowl, put the water, chocolate and butter. Stand the bowl over a pan of gently simmering water and stir well till melted.
11) Take the mixture off the heat and beat in the icing sugar along with the cocoa till a smooth mixture is formed. Let it cool.
12) If using frozen cake, first thaw it at room temperature for about 4 hours and then make the icing as directed in Steps 10 and 11.
SERVING
13) Put the cake on a decorative serving platter, spread the icing all over and, if preferred, scatter tops almonds on top. Serve the cake slightly chilled or at room temperature. Makes a good dessert.
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