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Torta al cioccolato (Italian Chocolate Cake)

Several years ago, an Italian lady gave me her wonderful chocolate cake recipe. This cake is one of my favourites because its texture is lighter than a brownie but fudgier than a normal cake. What's more, this cake is super quick and easy to make!

As Valentine's Day is coming up, this cake could be a decadent treat for a loved one (or yourself)! After all, the way to this girl's heart is through her stomach... 

Ingredients

 - 4 eggs separated into eggs and whites

- 4 tbsp caster sugar

- 1 tbsp self raising flour

- 100g butter

- 200g dark chocolate

- icing sugar for dusting


Method

 1. Stir the yolks and sugar in a bowl.

2. Melt the chocolate and butter either over a bain-marie or in the microwave in 20 second bursts until melted.

3. Mix the melted chocolate and a spoonful of flour with the egg yolks and sugar.

4. Whisk the egg whites in a separate bowl until you get soft peaks.

5. Gently fold the egg whites into the chocolate mixture.

6. Pour the cake mixture into a greased and lined tin. If you are going for a Valentines theme, I used a heart shaped cake tin but you could always cut the cake into a heart.

7. Bake the cake for 25-30 minutes at 180C. To test if it is done, poke a skewer into the cake's centre, if it comes out clean then your cake is cooked through.

8. Once the cake has cooled, dust with icing sugar.

9. Try really hard not to eat the cake all in one go!








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  1. Unknown3 February 2016 at 20:22

    This looks so delicious! Everyone has a soulmate in chocolate cake x

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