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Chocolate Cake of Death

So much is so surreal at the moment, so I'm happy about a little "nerve food". Conveniently, you don't even need flour for this cake.

Unfortunately, I don't know why this chocolate cake is called "chocolate cake of death" or "cake of eternity" ("eilífðarkaka"). This chocolate cake can also be found in this and similar form under other names in Iceland - and in other quantities. I once heard of a recipe with 15 eggs, but that was probably intended for a whole baking tray for hungry hotel guests. Then enjoy the cake in small portions - it is really quite powerful, but very tasty!


Ingredients

125 g strong coffee
200 g chocolate
200 g sugar
200 g butter
3 eggs
Butter for greasing the mold
75 g ground almonds
2 Tbsp strong coffee to drizzle


Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C) upper/lower heat.

Put the coffee, chocolate and sugar in a saucepan and let everything slowly melt over low heat.

Remove the pan from the heat, add the butter and stir in slowly but thoroughly.

Then let the chocolate mixture cool down a bit.

Add the eggs one at a time to the chocolate mixture and mix vigorously.

Place in a baking pan greased with butter or oil or lined with baking paper (approx. 20 x 30 cm).

Top the cake with the ground almonds and drizzle with the remaining coffee...

...and then let it bake in the middle shelf in the preheated oven at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for about 45 minutes.

Then take the cake out of the oven, let it cool and then leave it to solidify in the fridge overnight.

The next day, cut the cake into small (!) pieces and serve as dessert with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

Looks a bit like spring, don't you think?

[Translated from here.]