How To Make Chocolate And Almond Cake

Chocolate and Almond Cake Recipe. A delicious, light chocolate and almond cake. A treat after a hard day's work! Try our Chocolate and Almond Cake recipe.
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Step 1:
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You will need
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Step 2:
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Preheat the oven to 180ºC or gas mark 4.
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Step 3:
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Melt the chocolate and butter
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Bring a saucepan of water, about 1 third full to a gentle simmer.
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Then rest a bowl on top, add the chocolate, followed by the butter and leave them to melt.
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Mix while melting to make sure the ingredients combine.
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When they've melted completely, remove the bowl from the heat.
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Step 4:
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Whisk the eggs
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One by one break the eggs into the mixing bowl discarding the shells as you go along.
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Then add the sugar followed by the vanilla and whisk together at a high speed for about 3 minutes.
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When the egg mix has doubled in volume, stop whisking.
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Step 5:
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Fold the eggs into the chocolate
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Pour the egg mixture into the chocolate and mix together thoroughly
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then transfer it into a bigger bowl if necessary for the other ingredients to fit.
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Step 6:
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Add the remaining ingredients
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First, sift in the flour, then the teaspoon of baking powder
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and make sure they're well mixed.
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Then add the ground almonds and the sliced almonds and mix thoroughly.
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Step 7:
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Bake
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Pour the mixture into the lined baking pan
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then place it on the central shelf in the oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
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Just before the time is up, insert a wooden skewer into the cake to see if it is ready. If it comes out clean then it is fully baked.
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Step 8:
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Remove the bake
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When the cake is ready remove it from the oven and leave it to cool.
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Sprinkle a little caster sugar over the top for the finishing touch and serve at room temperature with vanilla ice cream and a sprig of mint.