Caprese Cake
- 11 ounces almond meal
- 10 ounces dark chocolate
- 7 ounces organic granulated sugar
- 2 sticks unsalted butter softened
- 5 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 jigger limoncello
- confectioners' sugar for dusting
- Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
- Grease with butter and flour or baking spray a 9 inch cake pan, set aside.
- With a hand or stand mixer beat the butter and half of the sugar until creamy.
- Add the egg yolks (one at the time) until well incorporated.
- Melt the chocolate at Bain Marie, then let cool until room temperature. Fold into the butter mixture.
- Add the vanilla extract, the Limoncello and then the almond meal.
- In a separate bowl whip the egg whites with the remain sugar until they reach stiff peaks.
- Fold little by little the whipped white eggs into the mixture.
- Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake for 45 minutes.
- Let the cake cool completely in the pan, then dust with confectioners' sugar.
meal, chocolate, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, jigger, confectioners
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Caprese-Cake-1650559 (may not work)