Amaretti Chocolate Cake

8 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup slivered almonds
  • 1 cup (about 2oz amaretti cookies (if you can't find substitute with 1 cup broken savoiardi (crisp ladyfinger cookies) and 1/2 tsp almond extract
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 tsp freshly grated orange zest
  • 4 large eggs
  • Garnish: unsweetened cocoa powder

Directions

  1. 1
    1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9-inch spring form pan with nonstick spray.
  2. 2
    2. Microwave chocolate chips in a bowl, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth.
  3. 3
    3. 3. Put almonds and cookies in a food processor; pulse until finely ground. Transfer to a bowl. Put sugar, butter and orange zest in processor; process until smooth and creamy. With machine running, add eggs 1 at a time. Add almond mixture and melted chocolate; pulse until blended. Scrape into prepared pan.
  4. 4
    4. Bake 35 minutes, or until top is firm and slightly cracked around the edges and a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 15 min. before removing pan sides and cooling completely. Dust cake with cocoa stirred through a strainer.

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