Preparation time: 20 min
Cooking time: 40 min
Serves: 8+
Chocolate extreme
BASE: Beat egg whites and sugar in steel bowl to soft peaks. Beat egg yolks and fold into whites, followed by almond and then cooled chocolate. Put ¾ of mixture into large pan and the rest in the smaller. Bake at 160 oC until cooked. [Abt 20 min for samller; 35min for larger].
Topping: Stir together Cream rum and crumbs [not too fine]. Pile onto base in shape of a mountain. This represents the stones and snow at the top of the mountain.
ICING: Stir coffee and butter into chocolate, cool slightly then cover the topping roughly so that some mixes through.