Dark Chocolate And Almonds Valentine'S Day Cake With Whipped White Chocolate Ganache

• 7/8 cup butter
• 1 3/16 cups dark chocolate
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 6 3/8 tablespoons flour
• 7 1/4 tablespoons ground almonds
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 7 1/2 tablespoons white chocolate
• 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. In a saucepan melt the butter and dark chocolate over low heat.
3. Place the eggs and sugar in a mixer bowl and whisk for about 5 minutes so that it gets a consistency similar to custard.
4. Add the melted chocolate.
5. Mix with a spatula.
6. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, ground almonds, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
7. Add to preparation and mix to obtain a homogeneous paste.
8. Pour the batter into a flexible mold and bake 35-40 minutes.
9. Rather than using cupcake tins, making a large cake and cutting out small round shapes once the cake has cooled down will give nicer results.
10. Melt the white chocolate in a water- bath.
11. Boil the 55 grmas of cream.
12. Pour cream in 3 increments into white chocolate to obtain a nice ganache.
13. Mix thoroughly.
14. Add the remaining 135 grams of cream to the ganache. Mix and cover with plastic film.
15. Refrigerate for 3 hours.
16. Whip using a food processor to mount the cream liked whipping cream.
17. Decorate the cake before serving using a pastry bag.

butter, dark chocolate, eggs, sugar, flour, ground almonds, salt, white chocolate, heavy whipping cream

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Dark-Chocolate-and-Almonds-Valentine_s-day-Cake-with-Whipped-White-Chocolate-Ganache-782110 (may not work)