The cake is not a lie

[ritaxis]

So I won't forget what I did.

2 cups almond meal
3/4 cup ground cocoa or chocolate (or the Ghirardelli ground cocoa&chocolate)
1-1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder

Mix all these things in a largeish bowl.

10 large eggs
water, to be described in a moment
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp allspice

separate eggs.  Beat whites till stiff.  Add water to yolks to make 2 cups.  Mix water & yolks and flavorings into the dry stuff till smooth.  Fold in whites.

Bake in parchment-lined pans  (in this case, one 9-inch square and one loaf) in 350 degree oven until a knife comes clean.  Half an hour? I wasn't paying close enough attention to be sure.

Notice: it's not quite low-glycemic, but it's lower-glycemic, and lowish in fat.  I just did this, and it's good enough fresh out of the oven -- could be stronger flavored -- but I don't know how it keeps.

 edit: it's moist: it's more flavorful than I thought, though I might increase the allspice and add something like lemon peel: it doesn't taste too sweet, but that one tooth that sometimes objects to sweet things pings on it. I'm definitely doing it this way again, only with maybe a bit less sugar.  It might be good layered with red fruit jam.

edit: the next day it is still pretty good.  It's most reminiscent of the cake-type gingerbread that moms used to make when I was a kid.