chocolate-almond-cake A recipe from pageturnercookbooks.com with 365 ecookbooks

Ingredients

• for the COCOA SPONGE CAKE:
• 1 teaspoon unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon all purpose flour
• 4 egg whites
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour sifted together with 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• for the cocoa syrup:
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cocoa powder
• for the chocolate mousse filling:
• 10 ounces bittersweet chocolate
• 2 cups heavy cream, whipped until stiff
• 1/2 cups sliced almonds, toasted