Italian Chocolate and Nut Cake (Panforte)
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 250 g dark chocolate
- 3 medium egg whites
- 50 g candied peel
- 200 g ground almonds
- 100 g walnuts, crushed
- 50 hazelnuts, crushed
- 200 g icing sugar
- 4 tablespoons amaretto liqueur
- 100 g dark chocolate (for topping)
- 70 g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting (for topping)
directions
- Melt the chocolate in a large heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water, ensuring that the base of the bowl does not touch the water
- Use a fork to beat the egg whites in a large bowl for 2 minutes. Add in the peel, ground almonds, the nuts, icing sugar and Amaretto. Mix well, then very gently fold in the melted chocolate.
- Line a circular flan dish measuring about 18cm across and 3sm deep with clingfilm. Pour in the mixture and set aside for 2 hours.
- To make the topping, melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water, ensuring that the base of the bowl does not touch the water
- Melt the icing sugar and 2 tablespoons of water in a small saucepan over a low heat. Stir to check the sugar has melted, then add the chocolate to make a syrup.
- Turn out the cake onto a plate and peel off the clingfilm. Use a spatula to cover the surface with the chocolate syrup. Set aside for 1 hour until the chocolate has hardened.
- Serve in slices, dusted with icing sugar, with a cup of your favourite tea.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
KWB5015
United States
Back in the US after 10 years abroad. Good to be home and have good access to more familiar ingredients, however, I also loved all that I learned in my beloved adoptive country of Macedonia. I also had the privilege of running an American style bakery during my last 3 years in Skopje.
Baking is my addiction, but I do love all sorts of cooking. My husband recently ended his 15 year low-carb lifestyle, so we are both busy packing on the pounds and being able to eat forbidden foods together now! Love it (but not how snug my pants are!).