Chocolate Cake

The original recipe for this chocolate cake 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. So you could try both and see which you prefer. 


Ingredients
190 g butter
300 g dark chocolate
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
6 eggs, separated
1/4 cup self raising flour or almond meal1 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tartar

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

Steps

1. Melt butter and chocolate in a bowl over hot water.
2. Add vanilla extract and the egg yolks into the chocolate mixture.
3. Fold in the flour or almond meal.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites adding sugar and cream of tartar gradually to stiff peak.
5. Fold 1/3 of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture.
6. Fold in the rest of the egg whites.
7. Divide the mixture into 2 and pour into 2 buttered trays.
8. Bake for 30-40 minutes until cooked through. Cool before frosting.
9. For frosting: 

• Mix cocoa with hot water. 
• Melt chocolate in a bowl over hot water. 
• Mix cocoa into chocolate. 
• Whipped cream with icing sugar until soft peaks. 
• Fold the cream into chocolate. Use to layer the cake and around cake.