Queen Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 lb butter
• 1 1/3 cups sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons sugar, divided
• 1/2 lb semisweet chocolate or 1/2 lb bittersweet chocolate
• 3 ounces almonds, ground
• 1/4 cup kahlua (or your favorite liqueur)
• 4 eggs, separated
• 1 cup flour
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate or 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, broken into pieces
• 6 ounces heavy cream, separated
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 12 whole almonds (for garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees cake mix 1 1/3 cups of sugar with butter until light and fluffy.
• 2 melt chocolate pieces.
• 3 blend ground almonds and melted chocolate into butter mixture.
• 4 slowly add kahlua to mixture.
• 5 add egg yolks one at a time, mixing well.
• 6 in separate bowl beat egg whites until soft peaks form then add remaining 2 tbsp sugar slowly until egg whites stiffen.
• 7 fold egg whites into butter mixture alternating with flour (starting and ending with egg whites).
• 8 pour into a greased 9-inch springform pan, lined with parchment or waxed paper and dusted with flour.
• 9 bake in a 350°f oven 40 - 60 minutes. please check to ensure cake is done.
• 10 cool overnight on a wire rack (do not remove cake from pan).
• 11 next day remove pan and glaze.
• 12 refrigerate until ready to serve.
• 13 glaze: melt chocolate and two ounces of heavy cream in double broiler.
• 14 stir constantly until fully melted and warm but not hot.
• 15 whisk in 4 remaining ounces of cream.
• 16 whisking until mixture is smooth and shiny.
• 17 stir in butter until melted.
• 18 let cool slightly then glaze cake.
• 19 cake will set in fridge.
• 20 *note: if glaze gets too thick, thin by heating on low.
• 21 ** edited to change cooking time -- !