Chocolate almond cake

This flourless cake is not too heavy but is still luscious. Serve it alone with cream or fresh berries or make a simple berry coulis from frozen fruit.

Ingredients

200 g	Dark chocolate, chopped (Main)
180 g	Butter
¾ cup	Caster sugar
2 tsp	Vanilla extract
6	Eggs, separated
1 Tbsp	Cocoa powder
1 ½ cups	Ground almonds (Main)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 170C. Grease and lightly flour a cake tin.
2. Melt the chocolate over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir gently until the chocolate becomes smooth.
3. Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla until pale.
4. Add the egg yolks one at a time with a spoonful of chocolate. Fold gently after each addition until the chocolate has been used.
5. Whisk the egg whites to a soft peak.
6. Sift the cocoa and ground almonds together. Fold all ingredients together.
7. Spoon into the baking tin and cook for 40-50 minutes or until a skewer is removed clean.