Flourless Chocolate Cake

Today’s recipe is without a doubt one of the most unique you can find. The flourless chocolate cake that we bring you today will surprise you!

You are probably wondering if a flourless chocolate cake can be really tasty. The result is surprising: a cake sticky on the inside but with a crunchy crust.

Have you ever had a brownie? Well that is precisely the texture most similar to this cake.

Not only does it taste good but it is ideal for celiacs and it can also save you from a pinch! If you want to prepare a chocolate cake but you realize that you have no flour, nothing happens! With this recipe everyone will be licking their fingers.

Flourless chocolate cake

Ingredients (20-22 cm diameter cake)

• 4 eggs
• 200 g of high quality dark chocolate
• 200 g caster or icing sugar
• 100g butter

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C.
2. Line a cake pan with parchment paper.
3. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler with the butter and reserve.
4. In a large bowl, beat the egg yolks with half the sugar (100 g), until you get a fine, light and fluffy mixture.
5. Next, add the chocolate and butter mixture.
6. In a bowl with skill and patience, or with an electric mixer with the attachment of the rods, beat the egg whites until stiff (to form the usual “peak”).
7. Add the rest of the sugar (100 g).
8. Add this compound of egg whites very gently, stirring from the bottom up.
9. Incorporate everything well, pour into the mold and bake in a preheated oven for about 40 minutes. Always check the doneness by poking with a toothpick and that it comes out clean and dry. Never interrupt cooking by opening the oven halfway through.
10. Let cool. You can unmold later and let it cool completely on a rack or in the fridge.
11. To serve. Decorate with cream, strawberries or chocolate shavings, among many other options.

Accompany your flourless chocolate cake with a good coffee for a snack, or with cava if it is the dessert of a celebration. You will succeed!

Preparation tips

If you prefer, you can bake this recipe all together on a baking sheet as a cake or tart, or else make it and divide it into muffin molds.

Another option is to make individual cupcake servings. Remember to fill the molds about ¾ of dough, so that when they are baked, they do not protrude from the mold.

Conservation

Flourless chocolate cake can be stored at room temperature for a few days in an airtight container or wrapped in plastic wrap.

For this reason, it might be an excellent idea to prepare in advance to save time. For example: preparing dessert for a birthday and decorating and setting the candles at the last minute, a great idea!

Alternatives to flourless chocolate cake

Apart from the flourless chocolate cake, there are other delicious desserts in which you avoid having to use flour, such as:

• Nut cake
• Flourless sponge cake
• Flourless honey almond cake
• Flourless orange cake
• Flourless fruit cake
• Hazelnut cake without flour
• Flourless marble cake

Go ahead and prepare one of them!