Reine De Saba - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. semi-sweet chocolate (Hershey special dark)
1 lb. sweet butter
12 eggs, separated
2 1/2 c. sugar
3 c. flour
1 tsp. almond extract
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 c. sliced almonds

Preparation

Melt chocolate at low temperature.
Soften butter at room temperature.
Beat egg whites until soft peaks with 1/2 of sugar. Cream butter and remaining sugar; add yolks, then chocolate, then extracts and almonds.
Fold in alternately into creamed mixture, whites and flour until blended, then turn batter into buttered and floured 10-inch spring-form pans.
(Makes 2.)
Bake until firm 1 1/2-inch around edges, center still soft.
Bake approximately 30 to 45 minutes.
Cool until firm.
Serve thin slice with whipped cream.