Chocolate Caprese Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat the oven to 200C.
2. 2
   Combine the almond flour with the granulated sugar.
3. 3
   Melt the dark chocolate over a double boiler with the butter.
4. 4
   Beat the egg yolks with a mixer and add the melted chocolate and butter mixture.
5. 5
   Add the seeds from the vanilla bean, the salt and the flour and sugar mixture.
6. 6
   Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks and fold them carefully into the batter.
7. 7
   Line a round cake pan with wax paper and add the batter.
8. 8
   Bake the cake at 200C for the first 10 minutes, then lower the oven temperature to 170C and continue baking for an additional 40 minutes.
9. 9
   Remove the cake from the oven, let it cool completely and sprinkle it with a generous amount of powdered sugar.