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    Rich chocolate cake

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250g plain chocolate
175g butter
125g caster sugar
200g ground almonds
4 eggs, separated
5 tbsp apricot conserve

    Preheat the oven to 180 deg C and line and butter a 22cm cake tin.

    Melt the chocolate and set aside. Creom 125g of the butter with sugar until light and fluffy, then stir in the almonds, egg yolks and melted chocolate. Beat together. Whisk egg whites until stiff and fold into the chocolate mixture. Pour into tin and bake for 50-55 mins until firm to the touch.

    Leave for a few minutes then turn onto awire rack and leave to cool. Coat top of the cake with apricot conserve.

    Cut the remaining butter into small pieces and put with the remaining chocolate in a bowl over simmering water. When melted, stir and spread over top of the cake, allowing mixture to run down the sides.