Sunday, April 15, 2012

Nutella Flourless Cake

Nutella is one of my favorite things and thought about making a flourless version for a bday cake and layered it with a large cookie of my peanut butter kabooms cookie recipe

A 1/3 of this version can make about 4 large portions.

200g unsalted butter, cut into chunks
100g dark chocolate (I reg bar of squares)
200g Nutella
100g cassonade sugar
6 eggs, separated
1 t. instant coffee or espresso powder

Butter up a springform pan or other size depending on how much you are making. Preheat the oven at 350 F or 175 C and place the baking rack at the bottom of your oven. Dice up the butter and cut the dark chocolate into chunks and melt in a double boiler or by 10-30 second intervals in the microwave until smooth and it doesn't burn. Add Nutella to the chocolate mixture and add the coffee. Separate the eggs and mix sugar with the yolks and add to the chocolate mixture. Whisk whites until nice firm peaks and envelope them into the chocolate mixture and pour into the springform pan. Bake for 20-30 minutes until the middle is firm and the knife or toothpick comes out smooth. Let it cool a lil' and serve à la mode with peanut butter ice cream, dulce de leche ice cream, or creme fraiche and strawberries.

Bon app!
Lorena