I love to serve chocolate desserts in the winter; they are rich, full of flavour and the best accompaniment to a freshly brewed cup of coffee after dinner on a cold winter evening.
Flourless cakes tend to be denser, so a little goes a long way. This torte is a variation of my mom’s almond chocolate cake, it uses the same ingredients but the technique is so different that I thought I would share this version too. The resulting torte is a super moist, tender almond and chocolate dessert. I like to serve it slightly warm from the oven but if you make it ahead of time, warm it in an oven preheated to 275F for about 5 minutes while brewing the coffee or tea.
- 3 eggs, separated
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 100 grams (3.5 oz) dark chocolate, I used 70% cocoa
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- 125 grams ground almonds
Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a 7 or 8 inch springform pan with parchment paper. Melt the chocolate and butter, let it cool.
Separate the eggs, put the egg yolks in a bowl, set aside. With an electric mixer, whip the egg whites into soft peaks, add 2 tablespoons of sugar and beat until it forms firm peaks. Meanwhile, mix the egg yolks with the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar for about a minute, add the melted chocolate and butter, then the almond meal, fold in the egg whites gently but quickly using a spatula and pour the batter into the cake pan and bake for about 35-40 minutes, the torte will rise and there will be cracks on top.
Dust with cocoa or icing sugar or serve with sliced almonds or a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream.
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Loving this! Will definitely try this. Having a 70% or 85% chocolate bar in lying around here somewhere. Thanks for sharing.
I love chocolate! should I say more?
Kek harika görünüyor Megi, çok beğendim. Hafif nemli olması çok hoşuma gitti, o tarz kekleri çok severim. Ekmeklerden vakit kalırsa hemen denecek:)) Ben de hafta sonunda aynı tarifin (ama çikolatasız) kurabiyelerini yaptım. Sevgiler.
Thank you Anja and Mihaela.
Asli, cok tesekkur ederim, kurabiyeleri sabirsizlikla bekliyorum.
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Megi, I love all your glutten free recipes. You have such an amazing talent with them. This recipe looks delicious…I need to try it. Love the smaller size dessert…
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Ellie, let me know if you ever try it.
The almond torte looks delicious, I am planning on making it tomorrow, can I use the same amount of toasted (unsalted) ground almonds?
Thank you for your comment Danielle, I would recommend using raw ground almonds as the toasted almonds will have a tendency to overpower the taste of the chocolate and toasted almonds will have a different texture than the raw ones.
Hi Megi, I finally discovered your site and I have subscribed. Thank you for such a wonderful site. I plan to try making the chocolate almond cake soon. It is time to embrace Gluten Free. Let me try a little Turkish cok tesekkur ederim. Regards, Linda
Linda, ben cok tesekkur ederim!
I follow your blog and love it, it’s so good to be able to find traditional Sephardic recipes and so much more in a lovely site. I hope you like the almond chocolate torte, let me know how it turns out.