Easter Chocolate Meringue Cake

Easter is all about chocolate and eggs! 
difficulty level: medium
preparation time:  30 mins
cooking time: 2 hours
6 servings 

Chocolate Cake Base

Ingredients

melt

• 50g butter
• 85g dark chocolate, broken into pieces

add

• 2 eggs
• 1 yolk
• 70g brown sugar

whisk together  with electric hand mixer for 5-8 mins until mousse-like consistency 

​fold in

• 5g ground almond 
• 45g plain flour 

preheat oven to 180C (no fan) 
bake for around 15 mins -while baking, prepare meringue topping
take out the cake

Meringue Topping

Ingredients and Method

whisk together until stiff peak

• 3 egg whites
• add in three additions: sugar or powdered sweetener equivalent to 100g sugar
• cream of tartar
• 10g cocoa powder (if you wish to add chocolate flavor to the meringue layer)

lower oven temperature to 160C (no fan) 

• ​spoon the meringue mixture and spread on top of the cake 
• return to oven and bake for a further 35-40 minutes until the meringue is golden

after baking, cool for about 30 mins before serving 
optional: dust with cocoa powder