Roxie's story
'you don't bring me flours'
She's nuts. Absolute nuts, I tell you.
Well, almonds. Ground almonds, actually.
Roxie is a flourless chocolate cake.
Very simple. Chocolate, butter, eggs, almond meal and
sugar.
The trick with Roxie, and this is a girl who knows tricks,
is quality.
There is nearly a pound of chocolate in this cake, so you
can taste the quality of the chocolate.
This needn't be prohibitive. I buy slabs of Ghirardelli
semi-sweet chocolate for just over $3 a pound.
Same goes for the butter and eggs.
Roxie is an easy cake. Melt the chocolate, butter and
sugar together. Beat in the egg yolks, stir in the almonds
and then fold it all through the beaten egg whites. Bake
for 25 minutes.
She can be hot or cold.
I prefer her served room temp with lashings of chocolate
ganache and adorned with chocolate meringues.
A handy lass to have around at this time of the year.
click on the pic for the full recipe