Chocolate cake with lime cream

Cake

• unsalted butter, 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

• 1 tbsp Tequila
• 50 g pure icing sugar
• 120 g mascarpone cheese, cold
• 150 g pouring (whipping) cream, cold
• lime zest, for decorating