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Torta Caprese ( Chocolate Brownie Cake)

how to make Chocolate Brownie Cake (Torta Caprese) from Puglia, Italy
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: cake, Dessert, sweet
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 1 cake

Ingredients

  • 115 g Ground almonds 3/4 cup
  • 100 g Dark chocolate 3.5oz
  • 35 g Unsweetened cocoa powder 1/3 cup
  • 175 g White sugar 3/4 cup + 1 Tbsp
  • 180 g Butter 3/4 cup
  • 3 Eggs
  • 150 ml Strega (or other liquor) 3/4 cup

Instructions

  • Grease a 25cm cake tin (preferably with detachable sides) and line it with baking paper. Heat the oven to 160°C.
  • Melt the chocolate and butter gently in the microwave, or on the stove-top.
  • In a standing-mixer, or with an eggbeater, beat the eggs and sugar until they become thick and creamy.
  • Add the chocolate mixture to the egg mixture and stir.
  • Gently mix in the almond meal and cocoa.
  • Finally add the "Strega", or liquor of your choice and mix in.
  • Pour into the cake tin and bake for 30 -35 minutes.
  • Wait until the cake has cooled completely before you VERY CAREFULLY take it out of the cake-tin.