Decadent Chocolate Almond Cake With Sour Cream Icing From Downton Abbey

Ingredients

• 4 oz. or 4 squares semi-sweet chocolate
• 2 tbsp dried espresso
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) softened butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 egg whites
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup pulverized almonds
• 1/2 tsp. almond extract
• 1/2 cup cake flour, scooped and levele2 oz.
• 4 oz semi-sweet baking chocolate
• 1 tsp instant dried espresso
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup corn syrup
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup lightly toasted sliced almonds