Chocolate Amaretti Cake
Ingredients:
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup slivered almonds
1 cup (2 ounces) amaretti cookies (*see Note)
2/3 cup sugar
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
2 teaspoons freshly grated orange zest
4 large eggs
Garnish with unsweetened cocoa powder
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9-inch springform pan with nonstick spray.
Microwave chocolate chips in a bowl, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth.
Put almonds and cookies in a food processor; pulse until finely ground. Transfer to a bowl. Put sugar, butter and orange zest in processor; process until smooth and creamy. With machine running, add eggs 1 at a time. Add almond mixture and melted chocolate; pulse until blended. Scrape into prepared pan.
Bake 35 minutes, or until top is firm and slightly cracked around the edges and a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes before removing pan sides and cooling completely. Dust cake with cocoa.
* Note: If you cannot find amaretti cookies, you can substitute 1 cup broken savoiardi (crisp ladyfinger cookies) and 1/2 teaspoon almond extract.
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