An irresistible gluten free cake made with healthy dark chocolate and ground almonds. Smothered in a rich and thick chocolate ganache. Bake it in the oven or pressure cook it!
Ingredients of Gluten Free Chocolate Cake
180 gm dark cooking chocolate
100 gm butter
3/4 cup sugar
Salt, a pinch
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 Tbsp ground almond
3 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
For the chocolate ganache:
100 gm chopped chocolate
100 gm cream
Preparations
Line the bottom of a 7-inch cake tin with parchment paper.
Melt chocolate and butter in a heavy saucepan over medium low heat. Stir until chocolate and butter are melted and smooth.
Add sugar, salt and almonds and reduce heat to low. Now add cocoa powder and stir.
Remove
pan from heat. Whisk in eggs, one at a time. Give the mixture a good
whisk until it looks smooth and glossy and pour vanilla essence in the
end.
Pour
batter into prepared pan. In a heated cooker pour sand to about 1/4 th
the depth and cover with foil. Place the cake pan in the cooker and
cover the lid for about 30 minutes.
In case you want to bake this cake in an oven. Bake it for 25 minutes at 180 degrees C.
The center of the cake should be just firm to the touch. Leave the cake to cool down completely (About 2 hours).
Glaze with chocolate ganache.
For the chocolate ganache:
Boil the cream. Pour it over the chopped chocolate and mix it till the chocolate melts completely. Your ganache is ready!
