Flourless chocolate orange Cake
If you're a fan of chocolate & orange together, (like me) this is definitely the cake for you
Here‘s a not only gluten free, but no butter too! recipe for all the gluten free & oil free health conscious Friends !!
Do give it a try , believe me , there never has been a cake so easy and utterly delicious , a turn out !
This recipe , comes together easily ,
one has to basically just boil the oranges for an hour (sometimes maybe ½ hour more if required) till the oranges emits a beautiful citrusy aroma & appear to be soft is the sign of them ready & cooked in advance ( I sometime keep mine ready a 3-4 days ahead)
Once cooked , Simply take them out onto a chopping board , cut into halves & carefully remove all seeds & stubborn pits at the top & bottom & puree them whole fruit as is with skin and all!
for the Almond meal , it’s available in most big food stores , Just recently in this lockdown period I ran out of my almond meal & landed up making my own with 11/2 cups of regular almonds & a few cashews as that was all that i had that day in my Larder !!!
A must share, is my lockdown story here!
It’s also a special Note on how to make your own Almond meal .
when making you own Almond meal , wipe the almonds ( as i did not have time to wash n dry ) and put them in your spice grinder / coffee grinder & pulse grind till a semolina kind of texture , sieving in between to get the unground ones on top to be reground -
Note - , do take utmost care here as over grinding & the heat from the machine can turn this into Almond paste / butter in no time,
so go slow very patiently only for this stage if you happen to be making your own Almond Meal !
Add all the rest of the ingredients in the given order ** from oranges to almond meal ** & blend in a blender - Et Voila !
I simply love making this recipe , anytime I crave for a wholesome full of aroma , extra moist & flavour full cake
This cake keeps well for 10 days, refrigerated in an airtight steel tin )
Now you know why this one's one of my Favourites !!!
Preparations -
Preheat the oven @180 deg C for 20 min .
line a 9 or 10 “ spring cake tin with parchment paper ( I normally avoid lining for a smooth edged cake , as my spring pan is pretty tight when snapped closed
(shown in my picture below )
Ingredients
**•2 big oranges ,
•5 eggs
•1 cups regular sugar ( as orange are sometimes very sweet )
•½ cup chocolate powder / semi sweet chocolate
•½ cup dark cocoa powder ( not sweet )
**•2 cups Almond flour ( readily available in health store as almond meal )**
•1tsp baking powder
•½ baking soda
•½ tsp sea salt (to taste )
•2 tsp vanilla essence
(I sometimes avoid it as I prefer the orange aroma.)
Method:-
wash well the whole orange & boil them well covered to the top with water for 1 to 11/2 hour. turn half way through if oranges are big water should be topped so as to not let them scorch at the bottom .
Remove onto a chopping board , cut into 4 & remove all seeds carefully
In a stand blender blend * to * ingredients as per the recipe above for 2-3 minutes on medium speed
now add the baking powder , soda & salt
blend further to mix - for ½ minute .
pour into a prepared spring baking pan & bake @ 180 C for 45 to 55 mins . check with inserting a toothpick if it comes out clean , cake if done .
serving suggestions-:
•can serve as warm or cold !
•can make a lovely pattern with icing sugar using a sieve & a stencil!
it’s so wholesome & moist & buttery ( from almond & orange pulp , that one hardly needs to ice this cake .