5 Ingredient flourless chocolate cake
A simple and delicious flourless chocolate cake recipe (with just 5 ingredients) suitable for celiacs or gluten free diets. Freezes well too.
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Servings: 12
Calories: 343kcal
Ingredients
- 200 g 7oz good quality dark chocolate
- 150 g 5oz butter, chopped
- 5 eggs separated
- ¾ cup caster sugar
- 1 ½ cup almond meal
- icing sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160C/320F degrees fan forced. Grease and line the base of a 22cm round spring-form pan.
- Place the chocolate and butter in a saucepan over low heat and stir until melted and combined. Cool slightly, then pour into a bowl.
- Stir in the egg yolks, sugar and almond meal. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites until firm peaks form. Using a spatula, fold about a quarter of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture then add the rest and fold until just combined.
- Spoon the mixture into the cake tin.
- Bake for 1 hour 5 minutes or until cooked - a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool the cake completely in the tin then run a knife around the edge before removing the cake from the tin. Dust with icing sugar to serve.
Notes
This cake also freezes really well. Blind freeze first and then wrap in glad wrap (cling film) then aluminum foil. Unwrap the cake and defrost in the fridge over night. If you're short on time, unwrap it, place on a cooling rack and leave out to defrost.I also like to freeze it in slices and defrost in the microwave for a treat. It's very nice slightly warmed.
Nutrition
Calories: 343kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 96mg | Sodium: 110mg | Potassium: 148mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 418IU | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 3mg
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