When we recently had the neighbours over for dinner I was in a bit of a pickle as to what to serve for dessert as Mrs Neighbour can't eat wheat. Over the years I have stumbled across quite a few chocolate cake recipes that use almonds instead of flour but when I looked into it further I really struggled to find a decent one. So I did a bit of experimenting and here is my version. Not only is the rum a yummy addition but it is also rather apt as these are the same neighbours with whom I once got incredibly drunk on rum a few months back! Mmmm rum, enjoy!
Ultimate flour-less chocolate cake
200g good quality dark chocolate
2 tbsp rum
150g caster sugar
150g butter
100g ground almonds
5 eggs, separated
Icing sugar for dusting
Melt the chocolate, rum, sugar and butter in a bowl sitting on top of a pan of barely simmering water (see Random Tip 1: Melting chocolate). Remove from the heat and stir until well mixed.
Add the ground almonds and mix well. Beat in the egg yolks, one by one.
In a separate bowl beat the egg whites until stiff and peaky, and then gently fold in the chocolate mixture.
Turn into a buttered and floured 20cm (8in) round cake tin and bake at 180C for about 45 minutes and firm to the touch.
Leave to cool before removing gently from the tin, and dust with icing sugar to serve.
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