Cakes are usually full of flour and sugar and the healthy option is to avoid them. However, they have a significant place in our culture. Whenever we celebrate somebody’s birthday a cake is always a centrepiece of attention and it can be churlish to decline. This recipe is for an alternative type of cake which has no flour or sugar.
Chocolate Cake
This is a chocolate cake with no flour and no sugar.
- Springform pan or cake tin.
- 140 g Butter
- 5 Eggs
- 250 g Dark chocolate (80% cocoa)
- 1 tbsp Butter or coconut oil for greasing the pan
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 pinch Salt
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Preheat oven to 160 degrees C. Grease your cake tin or springform pan
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Dice the butter and break the chocolate into pieces. In a bowl, melt them together over a pan of simmering water. Stir constantly until fully melted and smooth. Set aside to cool slightly.
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Separate the eggs and put the yolks and whites in separate bowls. Add salt to whites and whiff with a mixer until stiff.
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Add vanilla extract to the yolks and whisk until smooth.
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Pour the melted chocolate and butter mixture in the egg yolks and mix well. Fold the egg whites into this until no egg white is visible.
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Pour this mixture in to the pan and bake for about 20 – 25 minutes. The cooking time will vary depending on the diameter of your pan. Check to see if it is cooked by inserting a tooth pick into the middle of the cake. It should come out with moist crumbs and not runny batter. Remove from pan and allow to cool.