Ingredients
- All-purpose four 200 gr sifted
- Eggs 6 items separate the yolks and the whites
- Butter 3 tablespoons
- Sugar 200 gr
- Dark chocolate 125 gr
- Cocoa powder 2 tablespoons
- Amaretto liqueur 3 tablespoons
- Orange juice of 1 orange
- Milk 1/2 cup
- Vanilla powder 2 items
For the coating
- Dark chocolate 125 gr
- Butter 1 tablespoon
- Amaretto liqueur 1 shot
Instructions
Melt the dark chocolate with the butter,the milk and the amaretto (optionally) in Bain Marie.Sift the flour.When the chocolate is ready let it cool,add the flour and stir.Add the orange juice and stir.Beat with an electric mixer 150 gr of sugar,the yolks,the cocoa powder and the vanilla powder until fluffy.Add in the bowl with the eggs,the chocolate mixture and continue beating for a while,if the batter is thin add some flour.
In another bowl beat the egg whites with 50 gr of sugar and the remaining vanilla powder until they just hold stiff peaks,then add it to the bowl with the flour and stir gently using a spatula until the mixture combines.Pour the mixture into a buttered and floured cake tin and bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees for 25 minutes.When the cake is ready remove it from the oven and let it cool.Check that the cake is baked when an inserted knife comes out clean.
In the meantime prepare the dark chocolate icing,put all the ingredients in a saucepan and stir until they melt.Spread the cake with the icing.
* Because of the large amount of batter instead of a cake tin use many cake molds.
