Flourless Chocolate Cake with Honey Cream
This recipe creates a delicious, rich chocolate cake with the added bonus of being gluten free.
Recipe Details
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 553kcal
Ingredients
CAKE
- 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 3 tablespoons Dutch process cocoa powder
- 10 large eggs, separated
- ½ cup granulated white sugar
TOPPING
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ½ teaspoon grated lemon zest
- mint sprigs
Instructions
CAKE
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Select a 10 inch cake pan or springform pan; butter and flour the bottom and sides of the pan. Line the bottom of the pan with a greased 10 inch round circle of parchment paper. Line the round edge of the pan with a greased 4 inch wide strip of parchment paper, creating a "collar" that extends about 2 inches above the edge of the pan.
- In a double boiler, combine the chocolate and butter and cook, stirring constantly, until melted. Using a wire whisk, stir in the cocoa. Remove from heat and cool for a bit.
- Beat the egg yolks together and stir, a little at a time, into the chocolate mixture (making sure that the chocolate mixture isn't piping hot so that it will cook your eggs!)
- In a medium bowl, combine the egg whites and sugar and beat mixture until soft peaks form. Gently fold into the chocolate mixture.
- Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake in center of oven for 40-45 minutes. The edges will appear cooked while the center will still be moist.
TOPPING
- Combine the cream, honey and lemon zest in a medium bowl. Whip until soft peaks form.
- Slice cake and garnish with topping and mint sprigs.
Notes
If you want this recipe to be fully gluten-free, just be sure to use a GF chocolate.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving, Calories: 553kcal, Carbohydrates: 39g, Protein: 11g, Fat: 40g, Saturated Fat: 22g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 12g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 284mg, Sodium: 99mg, Potassium: 375mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 31g, Vitamin A: 947IU, Vitamin C: 0.3mg, Calcium: 78mg, Iron: 4mg