Chocolate and Almond Cake Recipe

(Photograph by Graham Templeton)

Delicious, indulgent and it even freezes like a dream – I’ve been making this chocolate and almond cake recipe to rave reviews for years now…

Ingredients

You will need:

• 50g dark cocoa powder
• 100g dark chocolate (70% preferably)
• 120g peeled almonds
• 100g butter
• 100g sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• Icing sugar

Cooking instructions

How to make the dish:

1. Warm oven to 170c.
2. In food processor, blend the chocolate and cocoa with the almonds into a grainy mixture. Pour into a bowl.
3. In the same blender, cream the butter and the sugar for a few mins until light and fluffy. Add one egg at a time and mix in the chocolate almond mixture until well combined.
4. Coat a 18cms spring tin with Bakewell paper. Fill with the chocolate mixture.
5. Bake for 30 mins.
6. Turn onto a serving dish, cool and sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.
7. Serve with creme fraiche and PX soaked raisins.

Other nice to knows…

Serves: 6-8
Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 30 mins
Calories: 390 per helping

Like the sound of this chocolate and almond cake recipe? Check out my orange and lemon drizzle cake recipe.