Recipe

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• 35 g cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup hot water
• 150 g dark chocolate
• 150 g unsalted butter
• 265 g brown sugar
• 1 cup ground almonds
• 4 eggs

• 1 Grease and line a 19cm square cake pan.
• 2 In a large bowl combine cocoa powder and hot water until smooth.
• 3 Add melted chocolate, melted butter, sugar and almonds.
• 4 Stir well to combine.
• 5 Separate the eggs.
• 6 Stir in the egg yolks, one at a time.
• 7 Whip egg whites until they stand in soft peaks.
• 8 Fold the whites into the chocolate mixture.
• 9 Pour into cake pan.
• 10 Cook in a moderate oven for approx 1 1/4 hours.
• 11 When cooked and cooled, cut into squares and dust with icing sugar. This is quite rich, so only cut small squares.
• 12 N.B This freezes beautifully.