Zuccotto

Ingredients

  • nonstick cooking spray
  • one 12-oz. loaf pound cake
  • 1/4 C. brandy (you can substitute with Frangelico Hazelnut Liquor)
  • 6 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped (you can substitute 3 oz. each of milk & bittersweet Perugina chocolate– available in supermarkets)
  • 2 C. chilled whipping cream
  • 1/2 tsp. pure almond extract (you can substitute 2 oz. Disaronno Almond Liquor)
  • 1/4 C. powdered sugar
  • 1/2 C. sliced almonds, toasted, coarsely crumbled
  • unsweetened cocoa powder

Description

A Traditional Italian Desert. I Learned It From TV, And Several Other Baking Sources, Over The Last Couple Of Decades, And Wrote It Down As Best I Could. Then I Made The Cake And Documented My Substitutions. I Only Made It Once, And It Was Delicious. I

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