Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 30 to 35 minutes
Yield: a cake of about 20 cm / 8 inches
For those who love gluten-free and dairy-free recipes, or for those who love chocolate as much as we do! This six-ingredient cake, concocted in collaboration with our good friends Nuts to You, is a cross between a melt-in-your-mouth brownie and a soft macaroon. How can you not have your mouth watering?
Ingredients
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8 oz (225g) dark chocolate or 1¼ cups dark chocolate chips
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¼ cup organic coconut oil Maison Orphée (or hazelnut oil Maison Orphée )
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⅓ cup Nuts to You Hazelnut Butter, stirred well
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5 eggs
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½ cup white sugar
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Pinch of fleur de sel Maison Orphée
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 325⁰F. Line the bottom and sides of an 8-inch cake pan with a large piece of parchment paper. It doesn’t need to be precise; wrinkles and creases are welcome.
2. Melt chocolate, Coconut Oil and Hazelnut Butter in the top of a double boiler, combining until smooth. Set aside.
3. Separate egg whites from yolks. In one bowl, whip egg whites with a hand mixer on medium high until foamy. Slowly incorporate ¼ cup of sugar, one spoonful at a time. Beat on high until stiff glossy peaks form.
4. In another bowl, whip egg yolks and ¼ cup of sugar with a hand mixer on medium high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
5. Using a large metal spoon or wide, flexible spatula, add egg yolk mixture to chocolate mixture and fold in well.
6. Add egg whites in three additions, folding gently to incorporate with each addition until no streaks remain.
7. Pour batter into cake pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake is puffed and center is set.
8. Let cool for 15 minutes. The cake will fall apart, giving it a nice cracked texture. Sprinkle with fleur de sel and serve.
About Nuts to You:
Located in Paris, Ontario, at the crossroads of the Grand and Nith Rivers, Nuts to You has been producing a wide variety of nut and seed butters with no added salt, sugar or hydrogenated oil to offer simple and tasty products to everyone since 1989. Having always favored organic agriculture, Nuts to You is one of the few pioneers still present on the North American market today.