Flourless Chocolate Cake

Flourless Chocolate Cake

  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
  • Serves: 12,Yield: 1cake

    • About This Recipe

    “A rich, fudgy, chocolatiest of chocolate cakes.”

    Ingredients

  • 250gdark chocolate
  • 100gunsalted butter
  • 100gcaster sugar
  • 100galmond meal
  • 5eggs, separated

    • Directions

  • Base-line and butter a 2 cm round tin.
  • Dust with a little of the almond meal.
  • Pre-heat oven to 180°C.
  • Melt chocolate, butter and sugar together in a double-boiler.
  • Remove and allow to cool.
  • Mix in egg yolks one by one.
  • Add almond meal.
  • Whip egg whites until stiff peaks form.
  • Fold very gently into mixture.
  • Pour into prepared tin and bake for 50 minutes.

    • Reviews

  • “This is to die for! If you can’t find almond meal in the grocery store, you can make your own with a food processor, just ground almonds. I used regular sugar. You can also make an icing for this cake or just put raspberries and whipped cream on it… but it’s good just the way it is!”

  • “Very rich but light cake/dessert and easy to make.Served it with fresh strawberries and chantilly cream and it was delicious.I only had a 200 g slab of chocolate but it still turned out great.”

  • “It was pretty good; what I like about it is how it allows you to be creative. Go out, buy some espresso-infused dark chocolate… or orange-infused… whatever looks good. There’s also raspberry, sea salt, chili. Whatever you can find at the store. I did do the orange, and it went off really well.Update: I tried it with 36 packets of Splenda instead of sugar and sugar-free Hershey’s special dark. I also used I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter in place of real butter. Believe it or not, I like it better. It’s a tad lighter, a tad sweeter, but still dense and brownie-like compared to other cakes. Yum.”

  • “Wow, this was wonderful.I followed the recipe exactly, except for adding a little of Kahlua.Served with Kahlua flavoured cream for a fabulous gluten free dessert.Will certainly be making this again.Thanks for sharing.”

  • “Just gorgeous!Was exactly what I wanted.Very moist and fudgy and very popular.I took the suggestion of an earlier reviewer and made a chocolate ganache to cover.Then served it with a scoop of Raspberry Dream Delight(recipe # 409557) – will be making this again, most definitely.Thank you, Michael!!Tricia in Oz”

  • “Delicious!!!!!”

  • “Gorgeous! A chocolate lover’s delight (and I know a few…!)This is the new AAA birthday cake in my repertoire – I made this as a “farewell” gift for a friend at playgroup and had to bake it again twice that week by request! (I don’t think anyone knew nor cared that it didn’t have flour in it – that’s just a bonus.)It’s very easy to make, light and yet so deliciously rich and chocolatey. I smoothed a classic chocolate ganache over it (200g chocolate melted with 1/2 cup thickened cream, cooled slightly.)Try it – you won’t be disappointed!”

  • “Sensational! It was wonderful with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.I used brown sugar (about 1/2 cup) and since my scale was not working the almond meal was estimated. As for my DBF, since he doesn’t eat wheat, he was amazed.It tasted like cake!For me, I love the rich chocolate taste.”

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