Hoping to be of help to all those living gluten free in the United Arab Emirates – نأمل أن نكون عوناً لكل من يعيش حياته خالية من الجلوتين في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة
You will need for the cake:
– 130g butter
– 110g icing sugar
– 6 egg yolk
– 130g good quality dark chocolate melted
– 6 egg white (whipped hard)
– 130g ground cashew nut
For the icing:
– 1/2 cup water
– 110g icing sugar
– 150g good quality dark chocolate
– 60g butter
– 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
– 200g apricot jam
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 170°C and melt the chocolate.
2. Mix well the butter with the icing sugar, than put the egg yolks one buy one, stir until smooth and light yellow. Add the melted chocolate.
3. Put the whipped egg whites into the yolk mixture, and add the cashew nuts while constantly stirring. Put the mixture in the papered baking pan and bake it for 45 minutes. (I use a smaller form to make my cake higher)
Let the cake cool before you cut horizontally
4. Grease both side with warm apricot jam, put the two half together and coat with the jam. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
5. Melt the chocolate with the other ingredients and icing the cake. Refrigerate 1 hour.
6. Serve with whipped cream.
-by Beatrix Szarka