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Chocolate Almond Cake
Serves: 10-12
Cooking: 55 minutes
250g good-quality dark chocolate, chopped
250g butter, chopped
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³
cup strong espresso coffee
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup caster sugar
3 eggs
1 cup self-raising flour
¼ cup cocoa powder
½ cup almond meal
Chocolate ganache
150g good quality dark chocolate, chopped
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³
cup cream
1. Preheat oven to moderately slow
(160°C/140°C fan-forced). Grease and
line the base of a 22cm round spring-form
cake pan.
2. Place chocolate, butter, coffee and vanilla
in a saucepan. Stir over low heat until
smooth. Remove from heat and set aside
for 5 minutes to cool.
3. Place sugar and eggs in a large bowl.
Using the beaters, beat on speed 1-2
until combined. Increase speed to 4 and
beat until mixture is pale and creamy.
Add chocolate mixture and beat until
well combined.
4. Add sifted flour and cocoa with almond
meal to mixture and beat until combined.
5. Pour mixture into pan. Bake for about 55
minutes or until a skewer inserted in the
centre comes out moist. Stand cake for 5
minutes then turn onto a wire rack to cool.
Chocolate Ganache
Combine chocolate and cream in a small
saucepan. Stir over low heat until smooth.
Remove from heat. Set aside to cool.
Apple Tart Cake
Serves: 8 - 10
Cooking: 1 hour
125g butter, softened
1 cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 eggs
1 ½ cups self-raising flour
2 granny smith apples, peeled, cored and
thinly sliced
2 teaspoons cinnamon sugar
Dollop cream, to serve
1. Preheat oven to moderately slow
(160°C/140°C fan-forced). Grease and line
the base of a 22cm round spring-form cake
pan with baking paper.
2. Place butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl.
Using the beaters, beat on speed 1-2 until
combined. Increase speed to 4 and beat
until light and creamy.
3. Add eggs one at a time, beating well, after
each addition. Sift flour and fold through
mixture.
4. Spoon mixture into pan. Arrange apples
slices overlapping around the cake and
sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
5. Bake for about 1 hour or until a skewer
inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Stand for 5 minutes then transfer onto a
wire rack to cool. Serve with cream