Chocolate Caprese Cake

Name: Chocolate Caprese Cake
Total time: 4800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 3/16 cups dark chocolate; 2 cups almond flour; 7/8 cup butter; 5 eggs separated; 1 vanilla beans; 1/2 teaspoon salt; powdered sugar

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8Ingredients

1210Calories

80Minutes

Description

Made with almond flour, this recipe for Chocolate Caprese Cake is gluten free. Lightly flavored with vanilla bean, this cake has a rich dense chocolatey flavor. Luxurious and decadent, this cake is a dessert fit for royalty. You will need to separate the whites from the yolks as the whites are whipped until stiff to add a lightness to the texture of the cake. After cooling, sprinkle the cake with powdered sugar for an elegant finish.

Ingredients

servings:

200 grams granulated sugar
200 grams dark chocolate
200 grams almond flour
200 grams butter
5 eggs (separated)
1 vanilla beans
1/2 teaspoon salt
powdered sugar

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Directions

Preheat the oven to 200C.
Combine the almond flour with the granulated sugar.
Melt the dark chocolate over a double boiler with the butter.
Beat the egg yolks with a mixer and add the melted chocolate and butter mixture.
Add the seeds from the vanilla bean, the salt and the flour and sugar mixture.
Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks and fold them carefully into the batter.
Line a round cake pan with wax paper and add the batter.
Bake the cake at 200C for the first 10 minutes, then lower the oven temperature to 170C and continue baking for an additional 40 minutes.
Remove the cake from the oven, let it cool completely and sprinkle it with a generous amount of powdered sugar.

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