Chocolate and vanilla squares
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Chocolate and vanilla squares
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For the squares
- 175g (5oz) soft butter
- 175g (5oz) caster sugar
- 5 large eggs separated
- 100g (4oz) ground almonds
- 175g (5oz) dark chocolate, roughly grated
- 1 tbs rum
For the Icing
- 100g (4oz) milk chocolate
- 2 tbs double cream
- 1 vanilla pod
Preparation:
20
Cook Time:
60
Total Time:
80min
Directions
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- Preheat the oven to , , Gas Mark
- Cream together the butter and sugar. In a separate bowl beat the egg yolks together and add them to the mixture.
- Add the ground almonds and grated chocolate to the mixture and fold in. Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peeks then fold into the mixture.
- Ensure that all the ingredients are well combined then pour into an inch square baking tin that has been greased and lined with baking parchment.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for - minutes until springy in the centre, remove and allow to cool in the tin before carefully loosening the edges and turning the tin upside down to remove the cake.
- Turn the cake the right way up and prick the surface all over lightly with a fork. Drizzle the surface with the rum.
- To make the icing melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of lightly simmering water. Separate the vanilla seeds from the vanilla pod by splitting the pod in half lengthways with a knife and running the edge of the knife down the pod to remove the seeds. Add these to the melted chocolate along with the cream and stir well.
- Spread the cake with the chocolate icing and decorate with mini eggs, when the icing has set cut the cake into squares.
Source: Schwartz
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