Chocolate Amaretti Cake

Chocolate Amaretti Cake

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3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup slivered almonds

1 cup baby ameritti cookies

1 stick butter, at room temperature

2/3 cup sugar

2 tsp. orange zest

4 eggs

2 TBS. unsweetened coco powder

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Pre heat oven to 350*

Spray 9" spring form pan with cooking spray.

In a small bowl, microwave chocolate chips, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth.

In a food pprocessor, combine the almonds and cookies, pulse until finely ground.Transfer to a bowl.

 Add the butter, sugar and orange zest to processor and blend until creamy and smooth.

With machine running, add the eggs one at a time. Add the nut mixture and the melted chocolate.

 Pulse until blended. Pour into prepared pan. Bake about 35 minutes.

Or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan for 15 minutes.

 Transfer to a platter, sift coco over cake and serve.