Chocolate Almond Cake

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup almond paste
• 3 eggs, yolks and whites separated
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup canned chocolate syrup (i use hershey's)
• 8 ounces cool whip or 8 ounces sweetened whipped cream
• fresh strawberries
• chocolate syrup

Recipe

• 1 grease an 11" tart tin or pie plate.
• 2 preheat the oven to 350*.
• 3 beat together well the almond paste, egg yolks, and butter in a large bowl.
• 4 add the flour and baking powder and mix in well.
• 5 mix in chocolate syrup.
• 6 beat egg whites until stiff.
• 7 fold into the chocolate mixture.
• 8 spread mixture into the greased pan.
• 9 bake for 15 minutes.
• 10 cool thoroughly.
• 11 just before serving, spread sweetened whipped cream or cool whip over cooled cake; arrange strawberries attractively on top.
• 12 drizzle 2 tbsp chocolate syrup over the top of all.
• 13 store leftovers (if there are any) in the frig.
• 14 this is a good recipe for the food processor - to fold in the egg whites, pulse with on-off bursts just until whites are no longer visible.
• 15 can be made a day ahead, but garnish with cool whip, berries, and chocolate syrup just before serving.
• 16 leaving stems on the strawberries adds a nice touch to the presentation.