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    Flourless chocolate praline cake

    This is a dense, rich cake with just a hint of roasted hazelnut flavour. Don’t worry if it sinks a little in the centre as it comes out of the oven. It’s best served with a glug of chocolate sauce (see separate recipe) and a dollop of whipped cream.

    • Gluten Free
    • Preparation time: 30 minutes, plus cooling
    • Cooking time: 1 hour
    • Total time: 1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling

    Serves: 8-10

    Ingredients

    175g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
    100g whole blanched hazelnuts
    175g caster sugar
    200g dark chocolate (70% cocoa), chopped
    5 eggs, separated
    ½ tsp salt

    Method

    1. Preheat the oven to 180˚C, gas mark 4. Grease a 23cm cake tin and line with baking parchment. Put the hazelnuts in a roasting tray and roast for 10 minutes until golden. Set aside and, once cool, blitz in a food processor with 25g sugar until finely ground. Meanwhile, melt the chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water.

    2. Using electric beaters, cream the butter and 100g sugar in a bowl for 5 minutes, until pale and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time, then the melted chocolate and salt. Fold through the ground hazelnuts.

    3. Reduce the oven to 160˚C, gas mark 2. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks. Whisk in the remaining 50g sugar until stiff and glossy. Stir 1/3 the egg white into the chocolate mixture to loosen, then carefully fold in the remaining egg white, a third at a time, trying to retain as much air as possible. Carefully tip into the tin, gently smooth the top and bake for 50-55 minutes until just set.

    4. Cool in the tin for 20 minutes, then remove the sides (leave the base on) and cool completely on a wire rack.

    5. Slice and serve, with hot chocolate sauce and Chantilly cream, if liked.

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    This recipe first appeared in Waitrose Kitchen magazine. myWaitrose members can download the Waitrose Kitchen app edition for FREE. Find out more.

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