'Incredibly Wonderful Chocolate Cake'

Jill Dupleix

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Based on a recipe first published in a slightly different form by Elizabeth David as a Chocolate and Almond Cake in French Provincial Cooking. It is rich, dense and slightly fudgy, but not as cloying as mudcake.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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Contains: Total commentsComments 6

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Ingredients

250g dark, bitter cooking chocolate

150g castor sugar

150g butter

100g ground almonds

5 free-range eggs, separated

icing sugar

Method

Heat oven to 180C. Melt chocolate, sugar and butter in a bowl over a pot of simmering water. Remove from heat, stir thoroughly to combine, mix in ground almonds, then beat in the egg yolks, one at a time.

Beat egg whites until stiff and peaked, and stir a couple of spoonfuls into the chocolate mixture to lighten it, before gently folding in the rest.

Turn into a buttered and floured 20cm round tin and bake for 40 to 50 minutes.

Leave to cool before removing from tin. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

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Main Ingredients - Chocolate
Course - Dessert
Occasion - Birthday

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Love this recipe. If you dust the tin with cocoa and use pure icing sugar it's gluten free as well.

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Angelle

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Melbun

Date and time

April 02, 2013, 2:52PM
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

I lived in France for a few months in 1994 and made this cake for visitors often - to rave reviews! I still remember Jill writing '..and I have even been known to eat it for breakfast.' And I have too!

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Gunneya

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April 12, 2013, 5:55PM
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Scrumptiously decadent - baked in slower oven around 160 for 50 - 60 mins produced a wonderfully moist cake. Careful when removing from cake tin as it is fragile. Will make this a family favourite.

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Pocolina

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May 19, 2013, 6:51PM
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Wow! I am not known for my cake baking skills but this recipe made me a winner. I baked it the day before then refrigerated it until 3 hours before serving. It was awesome!

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AnnieMcX

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Woolloomooloo

Date and time

May 27, 2013, 12:11AM
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

I like to entertain but I dont love cooking. This cake is enjoyable to make, its not fiddly and it is delicious. I serve with homemade raspberry sauce and dollop cream. Decendant and fabulous. I always get good feedback from my guests.

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dolls

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August 13, 2013, 3:37PM
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

I've been making this cake since it first appeared in The Age years and years ago. I originally made it for my friend, who is coeliac. But it's since become my favourite chocolate cake.

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TanO

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February 22, 2014, 4:34PM

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