Chocolate Cake

The original recipe did not have flour or almond meal in the cake which would
result in a very light cake. I have tried adding a little flour or almond meal and like it this way as well.




190 g butter
300 g dark chocolate
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
6 eggs, separated
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 cup self raising flour or almond meal

Cream
2 tbsp cocoa
5 tbsp hot water
200g semisweet chocolate
1 1/2 cup cream
2 tbsp icing sugar
1/8 tsp salt

1. Melt butter and chocolate over water.

2. Add vanilla extract and 6 egg yolks into chocolate mixture. Fold in flour or almond meal.

3. Whisk egg whisk adding sugar and cream of tartar gradually to stiff peak. Fold 1/3 into chocolate mixture and then the rest.

4. Divide mixture into 2 or 3 round baking tins. Bake for 30-40 minutes until cooked through. Cool before icing.

5. For icing, Mix cocoa with hot water. Melt chocolate over hot water. Mix cocoa into chocolate. Whip cream with icing sugar until soft peaks. Fold cream into chocolate. Use to layer and around cake.