Mexican Chocolate Almond Cake

Mexican Dessert Recipes

1 2/3 c sliced almonds, toasted 6oz 4 1/2 oz semisweet choc. chopped 2 1/2 tsp grated orange peel 1 tsp grd cinnamon 5 eggs, separated 6 Tbsp sugar SAUCE: 4 oz semisweet choc, chopped 1/2 c half & half 1/4 tsp grd cinnamon 1/2 c chilled whipping cream 1 1/2 Tbsp sugar grd cinnamon 3 oranges, peel, pith removed, sliced into rounds

Oven@350° Line 8" sq pan w/parchmt. Finely grind almonds, choc, orange peel, cinnamon. In med. bowl, beat yolks, 3 Tbsp sugar til lt yellow, slightly thick, 3 min. Mix in nuts. Beat egg whites to soft peaks. Add remaining 3 Tbsp sugar, beat to stiff. Mix by halves into choc. Bake until tester clean, 35 min. Cool rack. SAUCE: melt choc over lo, stir smooth. Mix in 1/2&1/2, cinnamon, stir smooth. Cool. Whip cream, sugar to peaks. Cake in sqs. Top ea sq w/whipped cream, sprinkle cinnamon, driz choc sauce. Garnish w/oranges

Submitted by Gretchen Grant
Contributed on: Tuesday May 11th, 2004 and modified on Saturday November 5th, 2005