A Flourless Chocolate Cake
This is my Nanas recipe, it is super dense and fudgey, so a little goes a long way. The recipe below is for one small cake but can be doubled or tripled and baked in a lined oven tray if making for a larger gathering. Creamy Greek yogurt compliments the slightly bitter chocolate perfectly, and I topped this cake with the last of our homegrown oranges, simply sliced and dried in the oven for several hours. The combination of chocolate, yogurt and orange is divine, enjoy!
Ingredients
- 150 g butter or coconut oil
- 150 g 70% dark chocolate
- 4 free range eggs
- 3 Tbsp sugar
- large pinch of salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp ground almonds
To Serve
- 500 g thick Greek yogurt
- dehydrated orange wheels*
Instructions
- Preheat oven 175C. Line and grease a 20cm round cake tin.
- Melt butter gently in saucepan and add chocolate stirring until melted together. Remove from the heat. Beat together the eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla until creamy. Slowly pour in the chocolate mixture, beating to combine. Fold through the ground almonds. Pour into the lined tin and bake for 25 minutes. A bit of wobble is fine in the middle. Cool completely in the tin.
- To serve remove from the tin and top with the thick yogurt and decorate with slices of dehydrated orange or fresh berries.
Notes
*Dehydrated orange wheels - use a mandolin or sharp knife to slice an orange into 1mm thick rounds. Arrange in a single layer on a lined baking tray and dry for several hours in a 50C oven until firm. Alternatively use a dehydrator, but don't over dry them or they lose their glorious colour.