Grated Bread and Chocolate Cake

Name: Grated Bread and Chocolate Cake
Yield: Serves 10 to 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups, almond flour; 2 tablespoons, all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup, plain dried bread crumbs; 1 ounce, semisweet chocolate, grated; 1 teaspoon, baking powder; 9 large, egg whites; 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces), confectioners' sugar; 1/4 cup, dry red wine; 2 tablespoons, lemon juice; 2 cups, heavy cream, chilled; 1/4 cup (1 3/4 ounces), granulated sugar; 2 tablespoons, Dutch-processed cocoa; 1/4 cup, amaretto liqueur or other almond-flavored liqueur; 1/2 ounce, semisweet chocolate, grated

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2011

Desserts or Baked Goods

American

Cakes

SERVES10 to 12

TIME1¼ hours, plus 2 hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This recipe submission to our America's Lost Recipe contest was developed with frugality in mind. Stale bread crumbs and leftover wine are transformed into an impressive frosted chocolate cake.

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