Flourless chocolate almond cake

By KatrinaB

nutty chocolate delicious ending to a meal

Ingredients

• 4 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate
• 4 ounces unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
• 1/2 cup chopped almonds
• butter flavored cooking spray
• 1 tablespoon confectioners sugar for dusting
• whipped cream and chocolate syrup for garnish

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven 350 degrees. Melt chocolate and butter over a double boiler. Remove from heat and whisk in the sugar, vanilla and almond extract. Whisk eggs one at a time in to the cake batter. Whisk in cocoa. Chop almonds and fold in to the batter. Pour batter in to a spring form pan lined with parchment paper and coat with butter flavored cooking spray. Bake 30 minutes. Cool completely (about 2 hours). Dust with confectioners sugar. Slice and serve with garnish of chocolate syrup whipped cream.