Elizabeth David'S Perfect Chocolate Cake- Flourless - cooking recipe

Ingredients

250 g bitter dark chocolate
150 g caster sugar
150 g butter
100 g ground almonds
5 eggs, free range, separated
icing sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 180\u00b0C
Melt chocolate, sugar & butter in a double boiler of your invention
Remove from the heat and stir thoroughly to combine. Mix in the almonds, then beat in egg yolks one by one.
Beat the whites to stif peaks then fold those in also. It helps to mix in about a quarter of the egg to the mix first to lighten it, then fold in the remainder.
Turn into a greased and floured cake tin - 20cm round or square. Bake for 40-50 minutes.
Cool in the tin before placing on a wire rack and dust with icing sugar to serve to assembled amazed guests.