Flourless chocolate cake

Name: Flourless chocolate cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 200 g (6½ oz) good-quality dark chocolate, coarsely grated; 230 g (7¼ oz) ground almonds; 2½ tablespoons caster sugar; 2 tablespoons flaked almonds; 150 g (5 oz) soft light brown sugar; 225 g (7¼ oz) unsalted butter, softened; 4 eggs, separated; 300 ml (10 fl oz) cream, for whipping; few drops of vanilla extract or essence; few drops of vanilla extract or essence; 2 tablespoons icing sugar

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 20

Appears in

Chocolate

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

Served with Chantilly cream and a sprinkling of flaked almonds, this dense chocolate cake makes a lovely dessert, but is perfect for a little chocolate indulgence on any occasion.

Ingredients

150 g (5 oz) soft light brown sugar
225 g (7¼

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Cake
Chocolate

Method

Lightly grease a 23 cm (9 inch) round cake tin and line the base with greaseproof paper. Preheat the oven to slow