Chocolate Hazelnut Cake
- 6 ounces chocolate chopped
- 3/4 cup butter
- 23 cup sugar granulated
- 8 large eggs separated
- 113 cups hazelnuts (filberts)
- 23 cup bread crumbs
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon ground
- Set rack in middle of oven; preheat oven to 350F (180C).
- Grease a 10-inch round pan, 2 inches deep, and line bottom with round of parchment or waxed paper.
- Place chocolate in small bowl over hot water to melt, stirring occasionally.
- Beat butter with 13 cup sugar until soft and light.
- Beat in melted chocolate.
- Beat in egg yolks, one at a time.
- Combine hazelnuts, bread crumbs and cinnamon and stir in.
- Whip egg whites until very soft peaks form.
- Beat in remaining 13 cup sugar in slow stream; whip until firm peaks form.
- Stir 1/4 of whites into batter.
- Fold in rest with rubber spatula.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake about 45 minutes or until well risen and firm in center.
- Invert cake onto rack; let cool for a few minutes.
- Lift off pan and let cake cool completely.
- For advance preparation, wrap cake in plastic and refrigerate up to 5 days or freeze up to 1 month.
chocolate, butter, sugar, eggs, hazelnuts, bread crumbs, cinnamon ground
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/chocolate-hazelnut-cake-46050 (may not work)