Desserts recipes: Christmas Chocolate and Cherry Cake

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Sunday, December 2, 2007

Christmas Chocolate and Cherry Cake

Ingredients:

7 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1 cup ground almonds
1 cup candied cherries, halved
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup quick-cook polenta
5 eggs, separated
5 tbsp all-porpouse flour
Finely grated zest of 1 orange

Preparing:

Place the polenta in a heatproof bowl and pour in 1/2 cup boiling water to cover.
Stir well, than cover the bowl and let stand for about 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 180ºC (375ºF).

Melt the chocolate.
Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until thick.
Beat in the chocolate, then fold in the polenta, ground almonds, flour and orange zest.

Whisk the egg whites in a greese-free bowl until stiff.
Fold 1 tbsp of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture to lighten it, then fold the rest and the cherries.

Spill the mixture into a greased mold and bake for 1 hour.

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