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Chocolate Hazelnut Cake

Source of Recipe


Sooke Harbour House, Vancouver Island, BC






List of Ingredients



• 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
  
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter
  
• 4 eggs, separated
  
• 3/4 cup sugar
  
• 1/4 cup ground hazelnuts
  
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  
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• -- Glaze --
  
• 3 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
  
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
  
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• 1/4 cup toasted hazelnuts, coarsely chopped
  






Instructions



1. Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan and line the bottom with wax paper. Melt the chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler; cool. Beat the egg yolks and gradually add the sugar, beating until thick. Stir in the chocolate, then the hazelnuts. Sift the flour over the top and stir in.
   
   
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F). Beat the egg whites until stiff. Combine some of the whites with the chocolate mixture, then fold in the remaining whites until no streaks remain. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until the outside is firm but the center is underdone. Cool the cake in the pan 10 minutes, then invert on a rack and remove wax paper.
   
   
3. For the glaze, melt the chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler. Spread over the cooled cake and top with the hazelnuts.
   
   Makes 1 (9-inch) cake.