Italy’s insider tip: Moist chocolate cake without flour

Italy’s insider tip Torta Caprese
Moist chocolate cake without flour

No ordinary chocolate cake – the Torta Caprese tastes like pure chocolate.

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What could be better than conjuring up a moist chocolate cake from a handful of ingredients in a short time? We can’t think of anything ad hoc either – so we start baking right away.

The juicy chocolate cake Torta Caprese is a real Italian delicacy, much more: a real insider tip. Not only Italians appreciate the delicacy of this delicious cake – but also those who like to try something new and enjoy this cake. The origin of the Torta Caprese, as the name suggests, is on the Italian island of Capri, where a chef is said to have forgotten the flour when baking. Which leads straight to the special feature that the chocolate cake is baked without flour and is therefore gluten-free.

With just a handful of ingredients, this cake can be conjured up in no time without much effort. The preparation is so simple that even inexperienced bakers can easily do it. The result is a moist, delicious chocolate cake with a chocolatey-creamy texture.

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Italy’s insider tip Torta Caprese is therefore the perfect treat for the coffee gossip, for in between or as a dessert on special occasions. So get to the oven: try it Italian Chocolate Cake Torta Caprese without flour – juicy, delicious and soft as butter in less than an hour. Delights every sweets lover with a great taste experience.

Ingredients:

  • 300 g ground almonds
  • 200 g chocolate (60 – 70 percent cocoa content)
  • 200 grams of butter
  • 5 eggs (organic, size M)
  • ½ tsp salt
  • Powdered sugar for dusting

Preparation:

  1. Preheat oven.
  2. Line the entire springform pan (side and bottom) with baking paper.
  3. Roughly chop the chocolate.
  4. Then melt the butter in a water bath and let it cool down a bit.
  5. Separate the eggs.
  6. Beat the egg white stiff.
  7. Beat the yolk. Gradually add the sugar until the mixture is very creamy.
  8. Now fold into the melted chocolate together with the ground almonds.
  9. Now carefully fold in the egg white.
  10. Pour the batter into the springform pan and bake at 180°C for 50 minutes.

Then dust with powdered sugar and serve.

Sources used: tasteoftravel.at, TikTok

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