Almond Torta With Chocolate Chips

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 10 ounces butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest (from 1 lemon)
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups almond flour (or meal, or finely ground almonds)
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup almonds, blanched, sliced and slightly toasted
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f. butter and flour 10 inch springform pan.
• 2 sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
• 3 cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 4 beat in eggs, one at a time.
• 5 beat in lemon zest and almond extract, then increase speed to high and beat batter until very light.
• 6 at low speed, mix in half of flour mixture, beating until just incorporated; beat in half almond flour. scrape bowl and repeat. beat at medium until batter is smooth.
• 7 add chocolate chips and mix on low just until evenly distributed.
• 8 spread batter into prepared pan. smooth surface and scatter sliced almonds on top.
• 9 bake for 45 minutes; rotate pan halfway through. bake until cake is golden.
• 10 cool in pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack. run knife around edge of cake and remove ring.
• 11 dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.