Amália Cake

Name: Amália Cake
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12-14 slices
Cuisine: Hungarian
Ingredients: 280 g sugar; 10 egg yolks; 8 egg whites; 250 g almonds (200 g ground with skins, 50 g cut into slivers); 60 g dark chocolate, grated; 100 g dark chocolate for the coating; 30 g butter for the coating; 1 pinch salt; butter and breadcrumbs for the pan

Time: 1 hour 30 minutes + resting12-14 slicesapprox. 380 kcal / serving (estimated)approx. 10 g protein / serving

Amália cake is a flourless almond-chocolate cake, the festive sweet of big old Hungarian family lunches. It is dense, moist and almond-flavored, and rich thanks to the chocolate coating. The eggs form its structure, so the batter is flourless.

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Method

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Preheat the oven to 170 °C (155 °C fan). Grease a 24 cm cake pan and dust with breadcrumbs.
Beat the egg yolks with the sugar in a stand mixer for 8-10 minutes into a pale, fluffy cream.
Fold in the ground almonds, almond slivers and grated chocolate.
Whip the whites with a pinch of salt to stiff peaks and gently fold into the mixture in three additions.
Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 40-45 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. If the top browns too much, cover with foil. Leave in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack.
Melt the chocolate with the butter over a steam bath and spread over the top and sides of the cooled cake. Set for at least 1 hour.

Based on: Malatinszky Fanny szakácskönyve (a classic Hungarian cookbook), modernised. Calories and protein are estimated.

Tips

Beat the yolks until pale and fluffy.
Fold the whites gently so they do not collapse.
It is flourless; ground almonds can replace breadcrumbs in the pan.
It is even tastier the next day.

Frequently asked questions

Gluten-free?

Yes, if you dust the pan with ground almonds instead of breadcrumbs.

How long does it keep?

4 days in the fridge.

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