Flourless Chocolate Cake

I love a good chocolate cake and this recipes is one of my favorites. I have made this beautiful rich cake many times and it is always a hit, so it was the perfect choice for hubby's birthday cake as well. Especially considering that I have bragged about how good it is and had never made it for him. Sadly it didn't make it to the big even as it was so delicious we ate it the night before.


Ingredients
125 gm unsalted butter
185gm dark chocolate
5 large eggs (separated)
pinch of salt
250 gm almond meal
230 gm castor sugar

Preheat oven at 180 degrees
Prep tin. A very important lesson that I learnt from hubby is to get your tin ready before starting the cake. Otherwise you can risk losing all the air that you have worked so hard to incorporate into the mix.

In a medium heat proof dish place the chocolate and room temperature butter

Over simmering water stir butter and chocolate till melted. set aside  to cool.

Place egg whites with salt and 1/3 of sugar in a large bowl

Beat egg whites with salt and 1/3 of sugar until soft peaks form.

Beat egg yolks with remaining sugar till creamy.

Fold yolks into chocolate and butter mixture, then add the almond meal.

Fold the egg whites in.
Pour mixture into pan and bake for 45-55 minutes or until the cake is firm in the middle.

Cool on a wire rack.

If you want to jazz it up, or are a huge chocoholic like all 3 people in my house(myself included), Melt about 100gms of good quality chocolate using the simmer method and pour over cooled caked. I take no responsibility for any diabetes that may ensue. 

Spring

On the 1st of September, Spring commenced here in Australia. Oh the glory of being able to leave the house without a coat. The sun is shining and even though there is still a chill in the air, Melburnians are smiling and embracing the start of the beautiful warmth. In fact I even saw a young hipster reject our traditional black and was already donning floral prints. Although she may have been a tourist.


Fruit
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Grapefruit                   Lemons                 Limes               Melons             

Oranges                      Strawberries


Vegetables
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Beans                       Bean shoots           Beetroots        Broad beans       

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