CHOCOLATE MUD CAKE WITH MERINGUE CRUNCH

CHOCOLATE MUD CAKE WITH MERINGUE CRUNCH
Recipe tested and photo:  Rina Kleinhans
FOOD LOVERS RECIPES
The chocolate mud cake is really one of the best cakes I have ever baked or tasted.  If you want to impress your friend, go for this one 🙂
150 ml butter
¾ cup light brown sugar
6 eggs, separated
360g dark chocolate, melted and cooled
120g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
1 tablespoon vanilla essence
1 cup hazelnuts, toasted and chopped
1 tablespoon cornflour
4 egg whites
¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
1 cup castor sugar

Line a 20 cm springform tin. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add melted chocolate and vanilla. Set aside. Whip 6 egg whites until soft peaks form, stir 1/3 into the chocolate mixture and fold in the rest. Pour into tin and bake for 25min. at 180°C.
Mix nuts, chopped chocolate and cornflour. Whisk 4 egg whites with cream of tartar until soft peaks, add the sugar gradually until stiff. Fold in hazelnut mixture.
Remove cake from the oven, spread meringue on top and return to oven, bake 25 min or until meringue is crisp.