Torta Di Peppina (peppina's Cake)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 large eggs, separated,at room temperature
• 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coursely chopped
• 3/4 cup crushed amaretti cookie
• 1 pinch salt
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 butter a 9-inch cake pan.
• 3 line it with parchment paper and butter the paper.
• 4 sift the flour and baking powder together onto wax paper.
• 5 in a large bowl, with an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 6 beat in egg yolks one at a time.
• 7 with a rubber spatula, fold in flour mixture.
• 8 stir in the chocolate and crushed cookies.
• 9 in another bowl, with clean beaters, beat the egg whites with the salt until stiff peaks form.
• 10 with rubber spatula, fold egg whites into egg yolk mixture one at a time.
• 11 pour batter into the prepared pan.
• 12 bake for 30 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• 13 let the cake cool in the pan for 2-3 minutes, then invert onto a cooling rack.
• 14 carefully remove the parchment paper; set another rack on top of the cake and turn right side up.
• 15 cool the cake completely.
• 16 dust with confectioner's sugar and cut into wedges to serve.