Chocolate cake with lime cream

Cake

• 150 g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
• 100 g blanched almonds
• 150 g dark chocolate (gluten free), broken into pieces
• 6 eggs
• 200 g caster sugar
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
• ½ tsp salt

Lime cream

• 50 g pure icing sugar
• 120 g mascarpone cheese
• 150 g pouring (whipping) cream
• 2 limes, zested and juiced (approx. 40 g juice), plus extra zest for decorating
• 1 tbsp tequila