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Flourless Chocolate and Almond Bundt Cake

This intensely chocolatey, gluten-free cake is made using ground almonds. It is covered with a scrumptious chocolate ganache and decorated with a scattering of dark chocolate shavings.

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Difficulty
Low
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Time
70 min
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Author
lorem ipsum

Ingredients

Servings: 12
Makes: 1
For the cake
300 g ground almonds
200 g sugar
125 g cocoa powder, sieved
1 Tbsp baking powder
8  large eggs, at room temperature
120 g butter, cubed, softened
200 ml unsweetened almond milk
1 tsp vanilla extract

For the glaze
65 g butter
50 g dark chocolate chips
115 g icing sugar
3 Tbsp water, just boiled

For the decoration
100 g dark chocolate, broken up


Instructions

STEP 1/4

Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
Grease the Bundt tin.
Lift the Chef Patissier XL head and fit the heat shield.
Fit the Creaming beater to the machine.

STEP 2/4

Add the almonds, sugar, cocoa powder and baking powder into a medium bowl.
Stir to combine.
Attach the Mixer bowl to the machine.
Add the eggs, butter, almond milk and vanilla extract into the Mixer bowl.
Mix on speed 3 for 3 minutes until thoroughly combined.
Reduce the speed Min.
Gradually transfer the almond mixture into the Mixer bowl, 1 Tbsp at a time.
Mix on speed 1 for 2 minutes until smooth.

 

Remove the Mixer bowl and Creaming beater from the machine.
Transfer the batter into the prepared Bundt tin.

 

Bake at 180ºC for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out mostly clean.
Remove from the oven and let cool in the tin for 30 minutes.
Turn out onto a wire rack until completely cool.

STEP 3/4

Retrieve and clean the Creaming beater.
Fit the Creaming beater to the machine.
Attach the EasyWarm bowl to the machine.
Add the butter and dark chocolate chips into the EasyWarm bowl, fit the splashguard.
Heat at heat setting 4 on speed off for about 2 minutes until melted.
Stir on speed Min until smooth.
Or use the Chocolate melting pre-set if applicable.

 

Add the icing sugar into the EasyWarm bowl.
Mix on speed Min for 30 second until just combined.
While the machine is running, slowly pour the boiled water into the EasyWarm bowl.
Mix on speed 1 for about 1 minute until the glaze is smooth and shiny.

STEP 4/4

Drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake.
Leave to set.
Using a peeler or box grater, grate or shave the dark chocolate over the cake.

 

Serve

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Flourless Chocolate and Almond Bundt Cake

This intensely chocolatey, gluten-free cake is made using ground almonds. It is covered with a scrumptious chocolate ganache and decorated with a scattering of dark chocolate shavings.

Ȑ
Difficulty
Low
ȑ
Time
70 min
&
Author
lorem ipsum
Servings:12
Makes:1

Ingredients

For the cake
300 g ground almonds
200 g sugar
125 g cocoa powder, sieved
1 Tbsp baking powder
8  large eggs, at room temperature
120 g butter, cubed, softened
200 ml unsweetened almond milk
1 tsp vanilla extract

For the glaze
65 g butter
50 g dark chocolate chips
115 g icing sugar
3 Tbsp water, just boiled

For the decoration
100 g dark chocolate, broken up

Instructions

STEP 1/4

Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
Grease the Bundt tin.
Lift the Chef Patissier XL head and fit the heat shield.
Fit the Creaming beater to the machine.

STEP 2/4

Add the almonds, sugar, cocoa powder and baking powder into a medium bowl.
Stir to combine.
Attach the Mixer bowl to the machine.
Add the eggs, butter, almond milk and vanilla extract into the Mixer bowl.
Mix on speed 3 for 3 minutes until thoroughly combined.
Reduce the speed Min.
Gradually transfer the almond mixture into the Mixer bowl, 1 Tbsp at a time.
Mix on speed 1 for 2 minutes until smooth.

 

Remove the Mixer bowl and Creaming beater from the machine.
Transfer the batter into the prepared Bundt tin.

 

Bake at 180ºC for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out mostly clean.
Remove from the oven and let cool in the tin for 30 minutes.
Turn out onto a wire rack until completely cool.

STEP 3/4

Retrieve and clean the Creaming beater.
Fit the Creaming beater to the machine.
Attach the EasyWarm bowl to the machine.
Add the butter and dark chocolate chips into the EasyWarm bowl, fit the splashguard.
Heat at heat setting 4 on speed off for about 2 minutes until melted.
Stir on speed Min until smooth.
Or use the Chocolate melting pre-set if applicable.

 

Add the icing sugar into the EasyWarm bowl.
Mix on speed Min for 30 second until just combined.
While the machine is running, slowly pour the boiled water into the EasyWarm bowl.
Mix on speed 1 for about 1 minute until the glaze is smooth and shiny.

STEP 4/4

Drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake.
Leave to set.
Using a peeler or box grater, grate or shave the dark chocolate over the cake.

 

Serve

Notes