- 6
Ingredients
- 1 oz plain chocolate, chop into small pieces
- 1/2 c unsalted butter, room temp.
- 1 T instant coffee powder
- 5 eggs separated
- 1 c sugar
- 1 c flour
- 2 t ground cinnamon
- Sauce
- 4 ripe bananas
- 3 T fresh lemon juice
- 3/4 c whipping cream
- 1 T rum (opt.)
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven 350*. Grease 8" round cake tin. Combine chocolate & butter in top of double boiler. Stir until melted. Remove from heat and stir in coffee. Set aside. Beat egg yolks with granulated sugar and thick and lemon-colored. Add chocolate mixture and beat on low speed until just blended. Stir the flour and cinnamon together in bowl. In another bowl beat egg whites til stiff peacks. Fold a dollop whites into chocolat emix to lighten. fold in remaning whites in 3 batches alternating with the sifted flour mixture. Pour mixture into prepared tin and bake 40-50 min or toothpick clean. Turn cake out on wire rack. Preheat grill for sauce. Slice bananas into shallow flameproof dish. Stir in brown sugar & lemon. Place until grill 8 min, stir occasionally, unttil carmelized. Mash mixture until almost smooth. tip into bowl and stir in cream and rum. Serve beside slice of cake.