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Vegetarian

Ingredients

For the Dessert

200 g Dark Chocolate (Roughly Chopped)

2 tbsp Plain Flour

4 Eggs

150 g Unsalted Butter (Cubed)

150 g Caster Sugar

250 g Blanched Hazelnuts
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Hazelnut & Chocolate Cake

by Dan

Serves 12

Total 50 minutes

Oven Temp 170 °C - 40 minutes

Difficulty Not too Tricky

Chef Rachel Roddy

Method

  1. Roast the hazelnuts at 170°C for 5 minutes, allow to cool.

  2. In a food processor pulse the hazelnuts until they form a rough flour, then add the chopped chocolate and pulse again until you have a sandy mixture.

  3. In a large bowl beat the butter and sugar together until soft and light, then beat in the egg yolks (add the egg whites to another bowl) one by one until combined. Stir in the chocolate hazelnut mixture and flour.

  4. Whisk the egg whites until they form stiff peaks, then fold into the mixture.

  5. Add the mixture to a greased cake tin and bake for 40 minutes, or until the cake is more or less firm but with a gentle wobble at the centre. It will be delicate, so allow the cake to cool in the tin for a while.