Dessert

JC's Chocolate Almond Cake is for Dessert.

JC's Chocolate Almond Cake takes 30 minutes to prepare.

JC's Chocolate Almond Cake takes 25 minutes to cook.

JC's Chocolate Almond Cake makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for JC's Chocolate Almond Cake are:

4 ounces or squares semisweet chocolate , melted
2 Tbsp. rum or coffee
1/4 pound or 1 stick softened butter
2/3 cup granulated sugar to mix with butter
3 egg yolks
3 egg whites
Pinch of salt
1 Tbsp. granulated sugar to beat with egg whites
1/3 cup pulverized almonds
1/2 cup cake flour , scooped and leveled, turned into a sifter

Chocolate-Butter Icing
2 oz espresso
4 squares semi-sweet chocolate
3-6 tbsp butter

Here is how you make JC's Chocolate Almond Cake:

Preheat oven to 350 and begin melting chocolate and 2 oz espresso in a double boiler.In the largest bowl cream sugar and butter. In a separate bowl whip egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form.Add egg yolks to the sugar-butter mixture, then add the melted chocolate-coffee mixture, and 1/3 of the stiff egg whites with the almond meal. Alternate adding flour and egg whites until fully incorporated into the batter.Pour batter into a greased and floured pan, spread with a spatula so that batter is even and then bake for 25 minutes. The center should still be moist but the 2/3rds around the rim of the cake should yeild a dry toothpick.Let cool 10 minutes before frosting with the Chocolate Butter Icing Prepared as follows:Melt chocolate and espresso in a double boiler, adding butter until a smooth ganache is made. Immediately transfer double boiler to a bowl with ice and water (to stop the heating process) and begin to frost the cake.Frosting the cake involves letting the ganace pour over the sides, so do this on a baking sheet under a cake rack. Decorate as you like.Serving Size:?Makes an 8" cake

The nutritional information for JC's Chocolate Almond Cake is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 278.5

• Total Fat: 17.8 g
• Cholesterol: 79.7 mg
• Sodium: 30.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 26.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.4 g
• Protein: 3.5 g