This cake uses 250g of dark chocolate and I prefer Lindt 70% chocolate to both eat and cook with.
It has a rich, delightful taste that chocolate lovers cannot resist!
This cake has no butter or flour and just uses a bit of polenta.
It is complemented by the strawberries on top, and I served it with thickened cream.
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 35 minutes
Makes: 10 servings
Ingredients
250 g Lindt dark chocolate
1 tbsp cocoa
Up to ¼ cup water
2 eggs
½ cup castor sugar
90 g fine polenta
¼ cup marsala
4 egg whites
1 punnet strawberries, chopped
1 tsp icing sugar
Cream, to serve (optional)
Method
Preheat the oven to 160° fan forced. Line a 20 cm springform with baking paper, or lightly grease.
Mix the cocoa and water to form a thick paste.
Melt the chocolate -I always do this in the microwave taking care not to over cook it, or you can do it on the stove in a saucepan of water.

This is the melted chocolate and the cocoa paste mixture
Stir the cocoa paste into the melted chocolate.
With an electric mixer, beat the two eggs with ¼ cup of the sugar until it is light and fluffy.
Add in the chocolate mixture.
Add the polenta and marsala.
Beat the four egg whites till they form soft peaks, and then add the rest of the sugar (¼ cup) and beat till stiff and shiny.
Fold this into the cake mixture.
Pour the mixture into the baking pan, and bake for up to 35 minutes.
Remove the cake from the tin after letting it cool a bit, and place cut strawberries on the top.
Add some icing sugar through a sieve and serve.
Categories
#Afternoon tea
#Cake
#Sweets
#Family
#No butter
#Delicious
#Chocolate
#Lindt
#Strawberries
#Polenta