Double Dark Chocolate Excess
"Two kinds of chocolate, dark cocoa, intense vanilla and coffee, and a crunch of almond turn a fine chocolate cake into an opulent one. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream. The cake keeps beautifully for three days - in fact, I think its flavors mellow with time. A Lynne Rossetto Kasper recipe and found at splendidtable.com."
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate (Lindt Excellence, Valrhona, or Callebaut)
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter
- 3 tablespoons espresso coffee
- 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
- 1 1⁄3 cups sugar
- 1⁄4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 pinch salt
- 1⁄2 cup toasted blanched whole almond, coarsely chopped
- 1⁄4 cup flour
- 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line the bottom of an 8-inch springform pan with a round of parchment or waxed paper.
- Melt chocolates and butter in a small stainless-steel bowl set in a small saucepan of simmering water. Stir in the coffee, vanilla and almond, and cool to room temperature.
- With a plastic spatula, beat together eggs, sugar, cocoa and salt until creamy. Stir in the almonds, flour and chocolate until smooth. Pour into the pan and bake 35 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out with a few streaks.
- Cool on a cake rack, then release sides of the springform and set cake on a cake plate. Cut into small slivers and serve with a dollop of whipped cream.
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
