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    Passover Mocha Cake


    Source of Recipe


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    List of Ingredients




    Passover Mocha Cake


    Cake

    1 cup sliced almonds
    2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips (4 ounces)
    1 1/2 cups sugar
    1/2 cup matzo cake meal
    9 large eggs, yolks and whites separated into large bowls, whites at room temperature
    1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
    1/8 teaspoon salt
    2 tablespoons instant coffee granules, dissolved in 1/4 cup oiling water, cooled
    1/3 cup oil

    Glaze & Decoration

    1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips (3 oz)
    1 tablespoon oil
    1 pint strawberries, rinsed and patted dry

    Recipe




    Heat oven to 350°F.

    You'll need a rimmed baking sheet and a 10 x 4 1/2-inch tube pan with a removable tube insert.

    Cake:

    Spread almonds on baking sheet.

    Bake 5 to 6 minutes until lightly toasted, then cool.

    Meanwhile, pulse 2/3 cup chocolate chips in foodn processor until finely ground.

    Scrape into a medium bowl.

    Pulse almonds, 1/4 cup sugar and the cake meal in food processor until almonds are finely ground.

    Add to chocolate; stir to blend.

    Beat egg whites with mixer on high speed until soft peaks form when beaters are lifted.

    Gradually beat in 1/4 cup sugar and continue beating just until stiff peaks form when beaters are lifted.

    Set aside.

    Beat yolks, remaining 1 cup sugar, spices, salt, the coffee and oil just to blend.

    Fold in 1/4 of the whites, then the nut mixture.

    Fold in remaining whites; pour into ungreased tube pan.

    Bake 55 minutes, or until top looks dry and cake springs back when gently touched.

    Immediately invert the pan onto a wire rack.

    Cool completely, upside down.

    To unmold:

    Gently run a knife around edge of pan and inner tube.

    Holding tube, lift out cake.

    Run a knife between bottom of insert and cake; invert and remove insert.

    Glaze and decorate up to 1 hour before serving:

    Melt chocolate as package directs, but with the oil added.

    Stir together until well combined.

    Cool chocolate for 4 minutes.

    Drizzle most over cake; dip berries in remaining glaze and place on cake.

 

 

 


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