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Chocolate Almond Limoncello Cake
This Chocolate Almond Limoncello Cake is simply a delicious recipe to try at home for a big party!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 1821 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Italian
Ingredients
- 250 g unsalted butter
- 450 g peeled and roasted almonds chopped roughly
- 250 g Lindt chocolate 75% cocoa solids are my favorite, but you can use what you like, chopped roughly
- 6 large eggs separated
- 70 ml limoncello
- 250 g demerara sugar
- 1 teaspoon cardamom seeds the little seeds that have been taken out of the cardamom pod
- 1 lemon – zest only
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180 C and line and prepare a cake tin.
- This one will need baking parchment so make sure the tin is well lined with baking parchment!
- Melt the butter gently and place in a large mixing bowl over a pan with simmering water.
- In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks with the sugar, the cardamom seeds and the lemon zest until it is creamy.
- Add the liqueur and continue whisking until the texture is soft and creamy once again.
- Now mix the butter into the sugar and yolk mixture until it is incorporated well.
- In yet another bowl, whisk the egg whites until they from soft peaks and mix this into the egg yolk mixture really gently – and finally the nuts and the chocolate, bit by bit.
- Should you find this mixture too runny, please add some more chopped almonds.
- I have done this and it works well.
- Pour into the cake tin and bake in the pre-heated oven for about an hour (sometimes more, sometimes less depending on your oven until a skewer comes out clean.
- Allow it to cool slightly, sift the icing sugar over it until it is completely covered with the white icing sugar.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
1821kcal
(91%)
Carbohydrates
132g
(44%)
Protein
35g
(70%)
Fat
134g
(206%)
Saturated Fat
51g
(255%)
Cholesterol
380mg
(127%)
Sodium
114mg
(5%)
Potassium
1099mg
(31%)
Fiber
17g
(68%)
Sugar
106g
(212%)
Vitamin A
1920IU
(38%)
Vitamin C
1.9mg
(2%)
Calcium
371mg
(37%)
Iron
7.4mg
(41%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1821
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 1821kcal | 91% |
| Carbohydrates | 132g | 44% |
| Protein | 35g | 70% |
| Fat | 134g | 206% |
| Saturated Fat | 51g | 255% |
| Cholesterol | 380mg | 127% |
| Sodium | 114mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 1099mg | 23% |
| Fiber | 17g | 68% |
| Sugar | 106g | 212% |
| Vitamin A | 1920IU | 38% |
| Vitamin C | 1.9mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 371mg | 37% |
| Iron | 7.4mg | 41% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.