Chocolate Almond Cake

Source (with slight changes in blue) : Daily Delicious

Ingredients:

65g butter, softened
40g icing sugar
3 eggs, separated
65g dark chocolate
125g almond meal
1 1/2 tsp Cointreau Liqueur

• Preheat oven to 160°C.  Grease and line a 15cm round pan with baking paper.
• Put the chocolate in a food processor and process until finely chopped.
• In a clean and dry bowl, beat egg whites until firm peaks formed.  Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, beat butter with icing sugar until light and fluffy.  Add in liqueur and beat until combined.  
• Beat in egg yolks one at a time. 
• Add in almond meal and beat to combine.  Then fold in chopped chocolate.  
• Finally, fold meringue into the batter in 3 additions.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for about 40 minutes or until cake is done.
• Cool the cake in the pan.  

Chocolate Glaze

60g dark chocolate
20g butter

• Melt chocolate and butter in the microwave and pour glaze over the cake.  
• Let the glaze set lightly before serving.