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Flourless Chocolate Cake with Raspberry and Rose

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Made with almond flour, raspberries, and rose simple syrup, this flourless chocolate almond cake recipe is both dairy and gluten free.

Ingredients

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140 grams almond flour (1 1/2 cups)
35 grams unsweetened cocoa powder (1/3 cup)
14 grams powdered freeze-dried raspberries (2 tablespoons)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
4 eggs
240 milliliters rose simple syrup (3/4 cup), divided
1 teaspoon rosewater

Fresh raspberries, chopped dark chocolate, confectioner’s sugar, or dried rose petals, to garnish

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350° F / 175° C.

Coat an 8 x 8-inch round cake tin with nonstick spray. Cut a round disc of parchment to size, and place in the bottom of the tin. Apply more nonstick spray on top of the parchment.

Prepared cake tin

In a large bowl, whisk together almond flour, cocoa powder, powdered freeze-dried raspberries, baking powder, and sea salt.

Dry ingredients in a metal bowl

Whisk in a bowl with chocolate cake ingredients

In a separate bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, mix eggs on high speed until fluffy and voluminous, about 3-4 minutes.

Whipped eggs in a bowl

Whisk in 160 milliliters (1/2 cup) of the rose simple syrup, followed by the rosewater.

Pouring syrup into whipped eggs

With a mesh sieve, sift the dry ingredients into the egg mixture. (It’s fine if you need to dump the last few tablespoons into the bowl—the primary goal here is to distribute the dry ingredients evenly across the surface, rather than to remove lumps or debris.)

Sifting almond flour and cocoa powder in a mesh sieve

A bench scraper and cocoa powder in a mesh sieve

With a rubber spatula, gently fold the dry mixture into the eggs, stirring until evenly encorporated. (This is important, otherwise the cake will sink in the middle!) Try not to deflate the mixture.

Eggs, cocoa powder, almond flour, and a rubber spatula in a bowl

Mixing ingredients for flourless chocolate cake

Flourless chocolate cake batter in a bowl with a spatula

Pour batter into prepared tin.

Chocolate cake batter in a round tin

Baked in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes.

Flourless chocolate cake in a round tin

Run a knife around the edges and turn the cake upside down onto a plate. Peel away the parchment.

Flourless chocolate cake on a white plate

Flourless chocolate cake on a white plate

With a pastry brush, brush the warm cake with the remaining rose syrup.*

Flourless chocolate almond cake and a dish of soaking syrup with a pastry brush

Brushing soaking syrup on flourless chocolate cake

Flourless chocolate almond cake with raspberries and rose

Garnish as desired. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Flourless chocolate cake on a plate with raspberries and rose petals

Wrap leftover cake in foil and store at room temperature for up to two days.

 

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Notes

*Syrup should be cold. And it seems like a lot, but use all of the remaining rose syrup—it will sink into the cake and make it ultra-moist.

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