Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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                        Cake
  6                Oz.  melted semi-sweet chocolate
  1 1/2         Sticks  unsalted butter
  1                Cup  finely pureed almonds
  6                     egg yolks
  6                     egg whites
     2/3           Cup  sugar
                        Icing
  3                Oz.  melted semi-sweet chocolate
     1/3           Cup  cream

Preparation:

Melt chocolate in double boiler. In separate bowl, blend yolks and sugar together until they form ripples; add to chocolate. Add softened butter. Stir in pureed almonds. In separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff, then fold into batter. Butter and flour one 9 inch cake pan. Cut wax paper circle to fit bottom of pan and pour batter in pan. Bake 35-45 minutes at 300 degrees. Let cake cool to room temperature, then remove from pan. Icing: After adding cream to melted chocolate, whip until well blended. Ice cake when cooled.

Nutritional Information:

2387 Calories (kcal); 189g Total Fat; (70% calories from fat); 41g Protein; 140g Carbohydrate; 1718mg Cholesterol; 421mg Sodium