Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix together the sugar, eggs and flavouring and set aside.
- In another bowl, cream the butter and gradually add it to the sugar mixture.
- Mix the flour, baking powder and ground nuts together.
- Add it to the sugar and butter mixture a spoonful at a time.
- Fold in the chocolate.
- Grease a 26 cm (10 1/2 ") ring baking tin and fill with the batter.
- Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 65 minutes.
- Test cake for doneness by piercing the middle with a wodden toothpick; if it's clean it's done.
- Remove from oven and allow to stand for 5 to 10 minutes, loosen from sides of tin with knife then turn out onto a cake wire so that it can dry off.
- Dust the cooled cake with icing sugar.