HEAVENLY CHOCOLATE CAKE - Real Recipes from Mums

Try this HEAVENLY CHOCOLATE CAKE it's to die for!! ha, ha!!!

Ingredients

200g good bitter chocolate
100g ground almonds
1tbsp brandy or cognac
100g butter
3 eggs separated
1tbsp strong black coffee
100g caster sugar
icing sugar to coat/dust

Method

Combine chocolate, brandy and coffee in a heat proof bowl over a pot of simmering water or in the microwave. Stir when melted, add butter and sugar, stirring well until melted. Remove from heat and add almonds, then stir in lightly beaten egg yolks. Beat egg whites until stiff and peaky. Stir a spoonful of the whites into the mixture to lighten it, then gentle fold in the rest and turn into a buttered, paper lined 18cm cake tin and bake at 160oC for 45 minutes. Leave to cool completely before turning out.

Notes

I serve a thin slice at the end of dinner. The only accompaniment it needs is an "angel's breath" of icing sugar through a fine mesh sieve before serving!

79 Comments

- - cassy26 said
  - 10 Nov 2024
    11:09 am
Oooh I love a good chocolate cake but find it can often taste a little dry so i usually opt for mud cake instead but im super keen to give this heavenly recipe a go. Think this cake will have to be just for adults though as it has coffee and alcohol in it 😉

- - Mumof4 said
  - 30 Sep 2022
    10:37 pm
You had me at chocolate!

- - nadine_hill said
  - 31 Oct 2019
    3:07 pm
Oh my! To die for indeed!

- - Ellen said
  - 15 Sep 2019
    8:00 am
With cognac and coffee, not a cake I would give to my children 😉

- - happymum2018 said
  - 20 May 2019
    12:19 pm
Looks deliciously chocolatey and easy to follow recipe would be nice to try thanks

- - mom112023 said
  - 17 Apr 2017
    11:50 pm
This looks extremely decadent. Worth indulging in. Yum and thanks for the recipe.

- - mom112217 said
  - 30 Mar 2017
    10:08 am
Your cake look’s amazing,love the brandy or cognac in it!

- - mom93821 said
  - 13 Feb 2017
    7:42 am
Heavenly chocolate cake for sure! Cognac in chocolate cake – perfect for a late night dessert.
- mom93821 replied
  
  14 Feb 2017 , 6:03 am
  This cake is up for Valentine’s Day – hooray!
- - mom109229 said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    8:59 pm
My favourite kind of cake – dense and chocolatey!

- - mom107723 said
  - 03 Feb 2015
    12:33 am
Yum, chocolate and coffee fix all at once, love it.

- - mom94125 said
  - 09 Nov 2014
    9:59 pm
this is a great recipe to share

- - mom94125 said
  - 17 Oct 2014
    10:53 pm
yep great recipe! thanks for posting

- - sueban said
  - 29 Sep 2014
    11:51 pm
Yum chocolate heaven thanks for sharing.

- - 191joannes said
  - 25 Sep 2014
    10:21 am
looks so moist thanks for sharing

- - cloverstorm said
  - 30 Aug 2014
    5:44 pm
I like the brandy addition, would make the flavour distinct.

- - ginoula5 said
  - 09 Aug 2014
    11:44 am
now that does look heavenly, printing this out, thanks for sharing

- - Madeline De Leon said
  - 08 Aug 2014
    8:30 am
Diet? What diet? Looks yummy

- - mrsdew17 said
  - 25 Jul 2014
    8:26 pm
This sounds so rich. But, hey, that’s ok!

- - mom70050 said
  - 16 Jul 2014
    9:46 am
Oh wow this could be my favourite recipe on here yet, cannot wait to bake and try!

- - mcspenny said
  - 01 Jun 2014
    12:55 pm
This looks really tasty. Thanks. 🙂