Chocolate Flourless Cake, a Teresa Cutter recipe

[Sim]

Chocolate Flourless Cake

Serving Size
Makes 1 cake

1 cinnamon stick (1 tsp ground)
2 whole navel oranges
320g pure maple syrup (1 cup)
6 organic eggs or 12 egg whites
pinch of sea salt
550g almonds (4 cups ground)
320g good quality cocoa powder (1 cup)
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Note: Forgive me, but I am in doubt that these gram measurements are correct as I forgot to take note while I was cooking, so it may be safer to use the cup measurements in brackets, I'm sorry!

1. Place cinnamon in TM bowl. Speed 8 for 1-2 minutes or until finely ground, set aside.
2. Place almonds in TM bowl. Speed 8 for 1-2 minutes or until finely ground, set aside.
3. Pour 1000g (approx) of water into TM bowl, place oranges in Varoma tray. Speed 1, Varoma temperature, 30-40 minutes until soft. Allow to cool then quarter without peeling.
4. Preheat oven to 175ºC.
5. Place oranges, maple syrup and salt in TM bowl. Puree at speed 8, 30-60 seconds until smooth.
6. Add previously ground almonds, eggs, cocoa, and 1 tsp of previously ground cinnamon. Speed 5, 10-20 seconds until well mixed.
7. Pour mixture into a cake pan (round 30cm approx) lined with greaseproof paper and bake for about 50-60 minutes until cooked through. Test with a skewer to check. The cake should be lovely and moist. Remove from the oven and cool completely then remove from the tin. Store for 1 week covered in the fridge.

Notes: The conversion is from memory, so please post any adjustments where necessary. I usually half this recipe and bake it in a small loaf pan (and for slightly less time), as I only have 2 people in my household, and the ingredients are pretty pricey. When i am feeling particularly cheap, instead of using just maple syrup, I use half honey and half maple syrup.
Generally flourless cakes don't rise much, so if your pan is filled with batter about 2cm from the rim, it shouldn't overflow. This cake is very dense and moist, so when testing, keep in mind that the skewer won't necessarily come out 'clean', instead it will give you an indication of how cooked it is.

Original recipe: http://www.teresacutter.com/recipes.asp?recipeid=7&bookid=

[Thermomixer]

Thanks Sim - sounds great for the chocaholics.  You could "steam" the oranges in the basket inside the TM bowl too, like the boiled orange and almond cake in the EDC book.

Guess just using egg whites is the healthy option 

Need to link from the Special Diets section too.

[cookie1]

Well done Sim, you're certainly sharing your of recipes with us. Thanks

[Sim]

How do I link to special diets? (i don't really know what that means sorry)

I use egg yolks rather than egg whites, it uses less eggs (cheaper), and I think egg yolks are very good for you. Anything that can nurture the first stage of life is likely to be good for you, like eggs, seeds and nuts.

Hopefully more recipes to come... I have become totally obsessed my TM, but I have a sneaking suspicion that most of you have the same obsession, lol!

[cookie1]

I think it's a fairly healthy obsession.

[Thermomixer]

What obsession not sure what you mean ?

I have linked to the Special diets section already - http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1807.0

Just as some people looking for GF recipes might miss this gem

[Sim]

The healthy TM cooking obsession! lol! I love it.