Recipe

Gluten Free Chocolate Almond Cake Recipe

	Frantic / All my dishes 2 years, 3 months ago The gluten free version of a Black Forrest torte Prep:30m Cook:45m Servings:8	Frantic
	complex but yummy

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Ingredients

120g almond meal

200g dark cooking chocolate (couverture)

100g softened butter (not margarine)

100g castor sugar

2 eggs

touch of vanilla essence

Directions

Preheat oven to 160°C (140°C fan forced)

Prepare cake tin.

8” Spring form tin: grease, then flour to prevent sticking.

8” Normal tin: line with baking paper

Part 1 ingredients

120g almond meal

200g dark cooking chocolate, melted (preferably couverture)

Part 1 method

Melt the chocolate and add the almond meal, combine well. Set aside and keep warm, so it doesn’t set before the next bits are added … or work quickly!

Part 2 ingredients

100g softened butter (definitely not margarine)

100g castor sugar

Part 2 method

Cream until sugar is utterly combined with the butter

Part 3 ingredients

2 eggs

touch of vanilla essence

Putting it all together

Firstly, combine part 2 with part 3.

Add the eggs one at a time to the part 2 mixture, incorporating each one fully before adding the next. Add vanilla essence.

Fold this combined mixture very gently into the chocolate base mixture (part 1), keeping it light and fluffy. Pour into the prepared cake tin and level.

Cook for 45 minutes, or until skewer inserted into centre comes out clean (timing depends on the oven consistency). Cool in tin. Turn out, slice and serve with Chantilly Cream (recipe follows) or a scoop of ice cream.

Chantilly Cream ingredients

Thickened cream

Castor sugar

Brandy (just a tablespoon would do, or Baileys or Kahlua … take your pick)

Vanilla essence

Chantilly Cream method

Whip to desired consistency. The ‘dollop’ method would require less whipping than that required for piping.

Can also be topped with brandy soaked strawberries or cherries to make a ‘pseudo’ Black Forrest torte and dusted with pure icing sugar. Possibilities are endless. Use your imagination and enjoy!

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Comments

invisiblechef 2 years ago said:
I haven't had tort since a child, my mother used to order hers from some catalog it was my favorite treat. I've been wanting to find a good tort recipe to try out on the family. I'm lucky that I came across this one.