Chocolate Almond Torte
Chocolate Almond Torte a dense, decadent chocolate cake recipe that is also gluten free. Wonderful to enjoy with a cup of coffee or tea.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 cup finely ground Almond Meal or toast almonds and grind in food processor
- 4 large eggs separated
- 7 ounces bittersweet chocolate chips I used Ghiradellhi 60% cocoa
- 11 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into cubes
- 3/4 cup granulated white sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- powdered sugar enough to dust torte {optional}
- fresh berries {optional}
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Spray a 9" round baking pan with gluten free baking spray or grease with butter and dust with all purpose flour.
- In a large bowl add butter and melt in microwave, 1 minute.
- Remove and add chocolate return bowl to microwave and cook an additional minute.
- Stir chocolate butter mix to make sure chocolate is completely melted.
- Add granulated sugar and vanilla extract to chocolate mix and stir.
- Separate eggs, add yolks to chocolate mix and egg whites to a separate medium sized bowl.
- Add Almond Meal to chocolate mix and stir.
- With an electric mixer beat egg whites until peaks start to form and then add cream of tarter and mix an additional minute.
- Add egg whites to chocolate mix and fold whites into chocolate.
- Pour into prepared pan and bake 30-35 minutes. Until toothpick comes out clean.
- Center of cake will fall a bit.
- Once cake is cool, flip upside down onto a plate and sprinkle with powdered sugar and top with berries if using.