for 12 pieces

Chocolate mixture

200 g	white chocolate, crumbled
200 g	butter, cut into pieces
3	eggs, beaten
80 g	sugar

Cake mixture

200 g	shelled ground almonds
150 g	white flour
1 tsp	baking powder

Decoration

50 g	white chocolate, crumbled
50 g	hazelnut, roughly chopped

How it's done

Chocolate mixture

Place the chocolate and butter in a thin-sided bowl and suspend over a gently simmering bain-marie, ensuring that the bowl does not touch the water. Melt the chocolate and butter, stir until smooth, allow to cool slightly. Mix in the eggs and sugar.

Cake mixture

Mix the almonds, flour and baking powder, stir into the chocolate mixture. Transfer to the prepared mould.

To bake

Approx. 50 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 160°C. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, tip the cake onto a cooling rack and leave to cool completely.

Decoration

Place the chocolate in a thin-sided bowl and suspend over a gently simmering bain-marie, ensuring that the bowl does not touch the water. Melt the chocolate and stir until smooth. Spread on top of the cake, sprinkle with nuts and leave to dry.

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