Chocolate Hazelnut Cake

Yields:	1 cake
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	Preparation	15 minutes
	Cooking	45 minutes
	Ready In	1 hours

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Ingredients

6	ounces	chocolate	chopped
3/4	cup	butter
2/3	cup	sugar	granulated
8	large	eggs	separated
1 1/3	cups	hazelnuts
2/3	cup	bread crumbs
1	teaspoon	cinnamon	ground

Directions

Set rack in middle of oven; preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease a 10-inch round pan, 2 inches deep, and line bottom with round of parchment or waxed paper.

Place chocolate in small bowl over hot water to melt, stirring occasionally.

Beat butter with 1/3 cup sugar until soft and light.

Beat in melted chocolate. Beat in egg yolks, one at a time.

Combine hazelnuts, bread crumbs and cinnamon and stir in.

Whip egg whites until very soft peaks form.

Beat in remaining 1/3 cup sugar in slow stream; whip until firm peaks form.

Stir 1/4 of whites into batter. Fold in rest with rubber spatula.

Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake about 45 minutes or until well risen and firm in center.

Invert cake onto rack; let cool for a few minutes.

Lift off pan and let cake cool completely.

For advance preparation, wrap cake in plastic and refrigerate up to 5 days or freeze up to 1 month.

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