Flourless Chocolate Cake

I usually bring what I bake to work as most of the time it will be too  much for me and my family to finish all by ourselves and also because we do not want to add onto much to our expanding waist line. Recently we had a colleague who join our team who was gluten free and she always ends up missing out on the treats I bring in. So just for her I decided that I'll bake a gluten free cake so she won't have to miss out.

This is an easy to follow idiot proof recipe and it did not take any effort at all except for whisking the egg whites which in today's modern kitchen there's always a mixer handy to assist.

Ingredients:

200g dark chocolate

200g butter

60ml hot water

30g cocoa powder

4 eggs separated

300g brown sugar

155g hazelnut meal

2tbsp coffee liqueur

cocoa powder to dust

Method:

• Preheat oven to 180 deg. Grease and line the base of a 23cm square cake pan.
• Combine chocolate, butter, water and cocoa in a saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring, for 2 to 3 minutes or until mixture is smooth. Transfer to a large bowl.
• Add egg yolks, sugar, meal and liqueur, stir to combine.
• Use an electric mixer to whisk egg whites in a clean, dry bowl until soft peaks form. Add one third of the egg white mixture to the chocolate mixture and gently fold until just combined. Add remaining egg whites and fold until just combined.
• Pour into the prepared pan, smooth the surface. Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
• Set aside for 10 minutes to cool. Dust with cocoa powder, cut into squares and serve.

T my daughter could not wait to have a piece of it and she had it with vanilla ice cream. She said it was rich and chocolatey, love every bite of it. I had the cake 5 minutes longer in the oven than required so the corners are a little burnt but that did not affect the overall taste of the cake. It was still really rich and moist.