Flourless Chocolate Cakes

  
If anyone had ever told me they were hungover on chocolate I wouldn’t have believed them: Until it happened to me.  I made these cakes on a Sunday and proceeded to eat approximately 30 million of them.  I have a mild chocolate allergy so when I woke up on Monday morning it was like I’d been on an all night bender, my head was pounding and I had a very suspicious craving to get me some McDonalds.

These cakes are a great dessert option for people who can’t eat gluten and they smell so divine when they are cooking, it’s insane.  They are very rich and dense so serve them with a great big dollop of whipped cream and some fresh fruit and you will be in chocolate heaven.  Use good quality dark chocolate and cocoa powder in this recipe, it makes all the difference.  Also, if you don't have almond meal lying around just whiz some whole blanched almonds up in a food processor until a fine crumb forms.  Just make sure you don't over process the almonds or they can become gluey.  I used a mini cupcake tin and they cooked in about 15 minutes, a standard muffin tin will probably take around 25 minutes.  Feel free to use a larger muffin tin or even a cake tin.  Cooking times will vary depending on the size of tin you use but cook the cakes until they are firm to the touch.  This recipe was taken from Donna Hay's Modern Classics Book 2.

Flourless Chocolate Cakes

6 oz butter, softened

7 ½ oz dark chocolate, chopped

1 ¼ cups white sugar

¾ cup almond meal

1 cup cocoa powder

5 eggs

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

In a heavy bottomed saucepan over low heat combine the chocolate, sugar and butter.  Stir occasionally until the chocolate and butter have melted and the ingredients are combined.  Set aside.

Sift the cup of cocoa powder into a bowl and add the almond meal.  Using a whisk mix the melted chocolate into the bowl and stir to combine.

Add the eggs one at a time, stirring between each egg.

Spoon the cakes into a greased tin and bake until firm to the touch.

 

Comments

[Mercedes]

I made these yesterday!
they are SOOOO chocolaty and good.
the only dark chocolate i had had almonds in it, it turned out really nice.

Thanks!