Torta De Peppina

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch cake pan. Line it with parchment paper and butter the paper. Sift the flour and baking powder together onto wax paper.

In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time. With a rubber spatula, fold in the flour mixture. Stir in the chocolate and crushed cookies.

In anothe rbowl, with clean beaters, beat the egg whites with the salt until stiff peaks form. With a rubber spatula, fold the egg whites into the egg yolk mixture one at a time.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 30 minutes, or until a acke tester inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pan for 2 to 3 minutes, then invert it onto a cooling rack. Carefully remove the parchment paper; set another rack on top of the cake and turn right side up. Cool the cake completely.

Dust the cake with confectioners' sugar and cut into wedges to serve