Pizza Cioccolato
Cuisine: Italian
Author: Yvonne Cornell
Ingredients
  • ½ cup water
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar (add ½ cup sugar if you prefer sweeter)
  • 10 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 6 eggs
  • ½ cup blanched and lightly toasted almonds
  • ½ cup blanched and lightly toasted hazelnuts, chopped
  • 1 cup candied citron
  • ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 TBSP cinnamon
  • 1½ teaspoons powdered instant espresso or coffee
  • ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
  • Confectioner's sugar for dusting cake top
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Grease one 10 inch round springform cake pan.
  2. In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the water, salt and sugar. Stir until dissolved and set aside.
  3. Using a double boiler or the microwave, melt the bittersweet chocolate and pour into the bowl of an electric mixer.
  4. Cut the butter into pieces and beat into the chocolate while it's still hot, one piece at a time.
  5. Add the hot sugar-water.
  6. Slowly beat in the eggs, one at a time.
  7. Meanwhile, place the candied citron in a large mixing bowl. Sift together over the fruit: the cocoa, cinnamon, allspice, and coffee/espresso powder. With your hands, mix the fruits with the dry ingredients to help separate and coat all the fruit pieces.
  8. Add the almonds and hazelnuts. Mix again.
  9. Add nut-fruit mixture to warm chocolate-egg mixture. Mix by hand.
  10. Pour batter into prepared pan. Have a pan larger than the cake pan ready. Put the cake pan in the larger pan and fill the pan with boiling water halfway up the sides of the cake pan.
  11. Bake cake in this water bath at 300 degrees F for 45 minutes. The center will still look wet. Chill the cake overnight in the pan. Unclip the springform cake pan and invert while pressed to a serving plate. Decorate the top with a dusting of confectioner's sugar and thinly sliced small citrus fruits.
Recipe by Yvonne Cornell at https://yvonnecornellphoto.com/2016/01/25/what-is-your-why/