Flourless chocolate cake

November 10, 2014 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)

You don’t need to be gluten intolerant to enjoy this seriously decadent cake

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Flourless chocolate cake

Serves: 1 cake
Cooking Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

  • 200g butter, at room temperature, cubed
  • 100g sugar
  • 8 eggs, separated
  • 200g dark chocolate, melted
  • 200g ground almonds
  • 30ml vanilla extract
  • 12 baby apples, dipped in chocolate
  • icing sugar, to serve
  • CHOCOLATE GANACHE
  • 100g dark chocolate
  • 125ml fresh cream

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 200°C.

2

Cream the butter and sugar together until very light and creamy.

3

Add the egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the chocolate, and stir in the almonds and vanilla extract.

4

Whisk the egg whites until stiff. Fold the egg whites into the chocolate.

5

Spoon the mixture into a prepared 22cm springform cake tin and bake for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 170°C and bake until firm to the touch, for a further 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack before turning out.

6

To make the ganache, mix the chocolate and cream, and melt over medium heat until well combined and smooth.

7

Turn the cake out and place it back on the rack. Pour the ganache over and let it drip over the sides.

8

Serve the cake sliced and topped with the chocolate apples. Sprinkle with icing sugar.

Notes

To prepare this cake tin, lightly butter the whole tin, pour in a little flour and shake to spread evenly. Pour out the excess flour. Alternatively line the tin with baking paper.

 

 

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