Chocolate Amaretti Cake (rachel Allen)

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 150 g good dark chocolate (at least 55% cocoa solids, preferably 70%)
• 50 g amaretti (biscuits)
• 100 g sliced almonds
• 175 g caster sugar
• 1 orange, zest of, finely grated
• 100 g butter, cubed
• 4 eggs, beaten
• cocoa powder or icing sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 180c/350f/gas mark 4.
• 2 line the base of a 20cm-diameter springform tin with greaseproof paper and butter the sides.
• 3 melt the chocolate in a bowl sitting over a saucepan of simmering water.
• 4 place the amaretti biscuits, almonds, sugar and orange zest in a food processor, then whizz until the biscuits and almonds are almost finely ground .(not too fine).
• 5 add the butter and eggs, whizz until blended, then add the melted chocolate and briefly whizz again until well combined.
• 6 pour into the prepared tin and pop straight in the oven.
• 7 cook for 35-45 minutes until the cake is puffed and slightly cracked around the edges.( test with a skewer after 35 minutes, it should come out clean)
• 8 remove and leave to sit for 15 minutes before carefully transferring to a plate.
• 9 the top is quite crisp, and cracks easily, dust it with lots of icing sugar or cocoa powder before serving, to hide any imperfections.