MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Diana Henry's Chocolate & Olive-Oil Cake
Categories: Five, Cakes, Dessets, Chocolate, Nuts
Yield: 8 Servings
200 g Plain chocolate; 70% cocoa
- solids
125 ml Strong-flavoured
- extra-virgin olive oil
200 g Caster sugar
2 tb Ground almonds or hazelnuts
5 lg Eggs; separated
MMMMM--------------------------TO SERVE-------------------------------
Icing sugar; for dusting
Crème fraiche
Heat the oven to 360°F/182°C - 325°F/165°C fan/gas mark
4, then butter and line the base of a 20cm spring-form
cake tin. Break the chocolate into pieces and place in
a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water.
Stir a little to help the chocolate to melt.
Once it's completely melted, whisk in the oil in a
steady stream, then two-thirds of the sugar, whisking to
help the sugar dissolve in the heat of the chocolate.
Remove from the heat. Stir in the ground nuts, a pinch
of flaked sea salt and the egg yolks.
Put the egg whites into a scrupulously clean bowl with
about one third of the remaining sugar. Beat with an
electric whisk until the whites are no longer clear, and
then add another third of the sugar. Continue beating
until the whites have really increased in volume, then
add the rest of the sugar and beat until you have medium
peaks (firm with tips that droop slightly).
Using a really large metal spoon, loosen the chocolate
mixture by folding in a big tablespoon of the egg
whites, then fold in the rest carefully so that you
don't lose air. Scrape the batter into the prepared tin
and bake for 40 minutes. Test by inserting a fine skewer
into the centre of the cake. If it comes out clean, with
no batter attached, the cake is ready.
Leave it to cool in the tin - it will deflate and crack
a lot, but that is fine. Carefully turn it out and
remove the paper. Put on to a plate and dust with icing
sugar before serving. This is a chic, grown-up cake - it
needs nothing more than some crème fraiche on the side.
RECIPE FROM:
http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk
Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
MMMMM
... "Language is the source of misunderstandings." -- Antione de Saint-Exupery --- MultiMail/Win32
* Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200)