This cake is amazing! My brother-in-law, Ken, brought this torte-like cake for our family Christmas party a few years back. This post may contain affiliate links. Place the chocolate, butter, espresso powder and sea salt in a large heat safe bowl over a bain-marie, a pot of shallow, gently simmering water. Enjoy a cake with no flour but crispy edges, moist, rich and tender on the inside. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the cooled chocolate mixture with the shot of coffee and sugar. If you’re lazy, but need a sweet pick-me-up then this recipe is for you. Line a 20cm/8" cake tin with baking paper. You’ll want to save room for seconds! Preheat the oven to 170°C/340°F. Bring a kettle of water to boil to for the bain marie. Mix the espresso powder with warm water in a small bowl and let cool. The best thing about this unique cake is that it uses dark chocolate and therefore is healthy treat as well. All the ingredients are combined in a blender, blitzed up, then poured into a pan. It’s rich, dense and decadent while not being overly sweet. Pure, rich, glorious chocolate. If that’s your type of chocolate, then do I have a cake for you. Topped with a thick layer of light and fluffy espresso whipped cream to balance out the richness of the cake. While flourless chocolate cake obviously doesn’t contain flour (or gluten of any kind, for that matter), this cake is not about dietary restrictions. Melt the dark chocolate and butter together in a saucepan over low heat until fully melted. Use a hand mixer or stand mixer with whisk attachment and whisk heavy cream, sugar, cocoa powder, espresso and vanilla extract on medium … While cake is cooling, make the whipped cream. Set in a roasting pan and set aside. Flourless Chocolate Espresso Cake is a scrumptious, flavorful and decadent chocolate treat. Jump to Recipe Print Recipe. It has an excellent chocolaty flavor and is dense (not quite fudgy, though), and moist. Yep, it’s that easy. If you are a chocolate lover, then you will go craaaaaazy over this flourless chocolate cake! Set aside to cool. This cake is all about the chocolate. with a hint of espresso and a crackling crispy top! This cake will be baked in a bain-marie and you have to make certain water does not seep into the pan. Rich and fudgy gluten-free flourless chocolate cake (made with hazelnut meal!) The easiest dessert you’ll ever make. When it comes to chocolate desserts it doesn’t get much better than a rich and decadent Flourless Chocolate Cake! It's an extremely rich, dense cake, yielding at least 16 servings, and hands-down the best flourless chocolate cake … I hadn't made a flourless cake before, but now I'm sold! I’m talking dark, bittersweet chocolate—in this case 73% cocoa. It will make you wonder why anyone ever puts flour in their cake! This gluten-free chocolate dessert is moist, savory and tastes wonderful. Transfer the melted Jump to Recipe – Print Recipe. Soft, chocolatey, and oh so delicious, this flourless chocolate chip espresso cookie cake is made in a blender and baked in one pan. You can also do this over a burner set at very low heat. Now everyone counts on him to deliver, year after year. * Get a FREE reusable carrier bag with every purchase Ingredients Vanilla Extract, Espresso, Chocolate, Butter, Egg Allergens Dairy, Eggs Weight & Dimensions Medium - 1.0 kg - 8" * All ingredients used are 100% Halal The texture is almost brownie like and it’s so rich and chocolatey it’s hard to stop at one slice. It was an instant hit! Oct 9, 2013 - Naturally gluten-free cake and as decadent and delicious as it is simple to prepare, this flourless cake is made with a base of eggs, bittersweet chocolate, espresso powder, and sugar. 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