Chocolate and Almond Cake

Ingredients:

50g dark cocoa powder
100g dark chocolate (70% preferably)
120g peeled almonds
100g butter
100g sugar
3 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
Icing sugar


How to make the dish:

Warm oven to 170c.

In food processor, blend the chocolate and cocoa with the almonds into a grainy mixture. Pour into a bowl.

In the same blender, cream the butter and the sugar for a few mins until light and fluffy. Add one egg at a time and mix in the chocolate almond mixture until well combined.

Coat a 20-22cms spring tin with Bakewell paper. Fill with the chocolate mixture.

Bake for 30 mins.

Turn onto a serving dish, cool and sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.

Serve with creme fraiche and PX soaked raisins.