Flourless Chocolate Hazelnut Cake (gluten-free)

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 150 g butter, chopped
• 150 g dark chocolate, chopped
• 5 eggs, separated
• 2/3 cup caster sugar (150 grams)
• 1 1/2 cups hazelnut meal (150 grams ground hazelnuts)
• 1/2 cup roasted hazelnuts, chopped coarsely (45 grams)
• 1/3 cup thickened cream (80 mls)
• 100 g dark chocolate, chopped finely

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 160°c / 140°c fan-forced. grease a deep 20 cm round cake pan. line base and sides of the pan with baking paper.
• 2 combine the butter and the chocolate in a small saucepan. stir over a low heat until smooth and cool for 10 minutes.
• 3 beat the egg yolks and the caster sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until thick and pale.
• 4 beat in the chocolate mixture to the egg yolks.
• 5 using a clean small bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form.
• 6 fold the hazelnut meal into the chocolate mixture, then fold in the beaten egg whites in two batches.
• 7 spoon the mixture into the prepared pan and bake for approximately 1 ½ hours.
• 8 cool in pan. turn cake, top side down onto a serving plate.
• 9 ganache- bring the cream to the bowl in a small saucepan. remove from the heat and add the chocolate. stir until smooth. stand 5 minutes before using.
• 10 spread the cake with the chocolate ganache to serve and top with chopped hazelnuts to serve.