Best Chocolate Flourless Cake
Absolutely delicious and easy to make is this flourless chocolate cake with an intense chocolate flavor. The grated almonds give this cake a wonderful texture and pair perfectly with the dark chocolate. This cake recipe is also suitable for making gluten-free chocolate muffins!
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Equipment
- Food processor or hand mixer
- Springform pan 8-inch round cake pan (optional muffin molds).
- Pastry spatula
- Water bath or tempering device
Ingredients
- ½ cup Unsalted butter very soft
- ¾ cup Sugar
- 1 Vanilla pod
- 4 Eggs medium size, room temperature
- 1 ¼ cups Semisweet chocolate chips or dark chocolate chips
- 1 ¾ Almonds grated
Optional for decorating
- Heavy cream to add a big dollop of whipping cream when serving.
- Fresh raspberries
- Powdered sugar for dusting the cake.
Instructions
- Prepare the mixing bowl of your food processor and cut open the vanilla pod.1 Vanilla pod
- Scrape out the pulp and add the scraped vanilla to the mixing bowl.
- Add the very soft butter and sugar to the mixing bowl and beat the ingredients, using the food processor with a whisk attachment, until fluffy.½ cup Unsalted butter, ¾ cup Sugar
- Add the eggs one at a time and beat the mixture until the eggs combine well with the rest of the ingredients until smooth.4 Eggs
- Preheat the oven to 356 °F // 180 °C top-bottom heat and line the springform pan with parchment paper.
- Melt the chocolate chips in a bain-marie or tempering device.1 ¼ cups Semisweet chocolate chips
- Once the chocolate has melted, add the melted chocolate to the mixture, and finally, stir in the nuts.1 ¾ Almonds
- Once the cake batter is well combined, pour the batter into the prepared springform pan or muffin tins.
- Bake the chocolate cake on the middle shelf for about 45 minutes. (If you have opted for the muffins, they will only take about 20 minutes to bake.)
- Let the cake cool in the pan on a cake rack, then remove it from the mold.
- Place the cake onto a serving plate and sprinkle it with powdered sugar. If you fancy, you can also add a dollop of whipped cream and some fresh raspberries.Heavy cream, Fresh raspberries, Powdered sugar
Notes
If you have opted for the muffins, they will only take about 20 minutes to bake!
Nutrition
Serving: 1Slice | Calories: 371kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 114mg | Sodium: 36mg | Potassium: 195mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 487IU | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 2mg
Servings: 8 Slices
Calories: 371kcal
