Here is a nice recipe for a chocolate cake that is advertised as both gluten free (flourless) and sugar free (1g of natural sugar). If you give it a try, let us know your thoughts in the comments below:
Gluten Free and Sugarless Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons almond flour
- 1/2 lb semisweet chocolate chunk (for cooking)
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 egg yolk
- 5 egg white (at room temperature)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Baking Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Coat a Spring form pan with butter and dust with cocoa powder. (do not tap out excess).
- Combine melted chocolate and remaining butter. Stir until smooth and combined. In a large bowl combine the chocolate mixture with the almond flour, sour cream, egg yolks, and vanilla extract. Stir until well-blended.
- With an electric mixture, beat egg whites and salt until stiff glossy peaks form. Add one-quarter of egg whites to the chocolate mixture to lighten. Gently fold in the remaining whites until no white streaks remain.
- Pour into prepared pan and smooth the top.
- Bake for 20 min or until cake has risen and is barely dry on the top. A wooden tooth pick inserted comes out with a lots of moist crumbs.
- Place cake, still in the pan, on a rack and cool until warm. Cake will fall dramatically. Loosen edges of the cake with a knife and remove the pan sides.
- This cake can be combined with the Sugar Free Chocolate Mousse and topped with toasted slivered almonds. Texture should be dense, moist and slightly fudgy .
- Chocolate can be melted on low microwave setting just until melted or over a double boiler.
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i made this for a group that had a couple of people who were gluten intolerant. i thought it was a very acceptable dessert for everyone. The texture was very smooth and very light and the chocolate taste was deep and rich. It was very easy to make and didn’t require buying ingredients I wouldn’t use everyday. i give it 2 thumbs up…
How is this sugarless? Semisweet chocolate has sugar. Might try it with good unsweetened chocolate, like Pralus.
Does this really only require 2 Tablespoons of Almond Flour. That sounds like an awfully small amount. Is the cake very thin?