Italian Chocolate and Nut Cake (Panforte)
Ready In: 3 hrs 15 mins
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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