Recipe#4077

Title: Chocolate 14

Newsgroups: rec.food.chocolate 
 From: jgriffiths@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Jonathan Griffiths") 
 Message-ID: E5LKJJ.F1M@cix.compulink.co.uk 
 Subject: Chocolate Cake 

225g (8oz) plain chocolate
 225g (8oz) butter, plus extra for greasing
 225g (8oz) caster sugar
 6 eggs
 225g (8oz) ground hazelnuts
 finely grated rind of 2 oranges
 150g (6oz) marmalade
 100g (4oz) plain chocolate
 10ml (1 dessertspoon) honey
 50g (2oz) butter
 Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 5/375F/190C.  Butter two 8in (22cm)
 sandwich tins and line with discs of buttered, greaseproof paper.
 Melt the chocolate.
 Whisk the butter until soft, then add the caster sugar and continue
 whisking until light & fluffy.  Whisk in the eggs one at a time.
 Whisk in the melted chocolate, then the ground hazelnuts and finally
 add the grated orange rind.
 Spoon into the two sandwich tins, and bake for 20-25 minutes until
 the centre is firm to a very light touch.  Cool in the tins, then
 turn them out onto a wire rack.  Remove the greaseproof paper, and
 spread the marmalade onto one half.  Now put the other half on top,
 and add the glaze. This is made by melting the ingredients together,
 then allowing to cool slightly before spreading over the top of
 the completed cake.
 The original recipe called for 4oz of breadcrumbs to be mixed in
 with the mixture, but I prefer it without.  The ground hazelnuts
 act as a flour of sorts.