serves approximately 6 to 8 people
ingredients:
ingredients:
- 4 squares sweet baking chocolate melted with 2 tbs of rum
- 1 stick softened butter
- 2/3 cups granulated sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 3 egg whites
- pinch of salt
- 1 tbs granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup almonds
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
- 1/2 cup flour
butter and flour cake pan, preheat oven 350'
- set chocolate and rum in a small pan, place small pan in a larger pan with boiling water, to allow chocolate to melt (proceed with the rest of the recipe)
- cream butter and sugar together
- beat in egg yolks until well blended
- in a separate bowl beat egg whites,salt,and 1tbs sugar
- with a rubber spatula, blend the melted chocolate into butter mixture,stir in almonds,almond extract, stir in 1/4 of egg white mixture
- slowly stir in rest of egg white mixture while sifting in the flour
- put batter in cake pan, bake for 25 min until toothpick comes out clean
- cool for 10 min remove from pan then cool for app. 2 hours in fridge
chocolate-butter icing
- 2 squares sweet baking chocolate
- 2 tbs rum
- 5-6 tbs butter
- a bowl of ice cubes
- place chocolate and rum in small pan and place in larger pan full of water to melt
- remove small pan from heat after about 5 min or when chocolate is melted and smooth
- place the small pan in the bowl of ice and mix in butter stirring constantly
- spread over cake with knife or spatula
- let cool for app 20 min in fridge
a Julia Child's recipe bon appetit!
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