Chirstmas Recipes - Grandma's Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:
4 Eggs
90 g Butter
195 g Caster sugar
80 g Ground almonds
1 tablespoon Double cream
100 g Dark chocolate (Barry Cuba 70% cocoa solids)
80 g Flour
20 g Cocoa powder Van Houten

Sauce
1 cup Water
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Light corn syrup (or honey)
3/4 cup Cocoa powder Van Houten
2 ounces Bitter or semi bitter chocolate finely chopped (Barry Cuba 70% cocoa solids)

Procedures:

1. Preheat oven at 160°C/320°F.
2. Separate egg yolks from egg whites.
3. In a large bowl, mix the butter and 175 grams of sugar until creamy.
4. Then add the ground almonds. Add egg yolks and double cream. Stir well.
5. Melt the chocolate using a microwave or bain-marie. Leave it to cool a little.
6. When just warm, add it to the butter mixture.
7. Sift together the flour and cocoa powder into this mixture and beat well.
8. Using electric beaters, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
9. Add the remaining sugar (20 g) and go on beating until firm.
10. Incorporate carefully the egg whites to the chocolate mixture.
11. Pour into a greased a 23 cm (9 inch) fluted ring tin.
12. Cook for 35 mns or or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Sauce

1. In a saucepan, whisk together the water, honey, cocoa powder and sugar.
2. Bring to boil over medium heat. When just boiling, remove from heat.
3. Stir in the chocolate until just melted.