Flourless dark chocolate and sea salt cake
The egg whites provide just enough rise and lightness to this rich, sophisticated cake that balances salty and sweet flavours
SERVES
8
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
15
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
30
MINUTES
Ingredients
170g butter
350g good quality dark chocolate
150g caster sugar
5 eggs, separated
50g ground almonds
2 tsp sea salt flakes (and extra for decoration)
Method
Heat the oven to 180°C.
Melt the butter in a glass bowl over a pan of simmering water along with the butter and sugar. Be careful not to overheat the mixture.
Leave the chocolate mixture to cool before adding the egg yolks one at a time, beating into the mixture as you go.
Whisk the egg whites into stiff peaks.
Fold the ground almonds into the chocolate along with the sea salt and half of the egg whites. Carefully incorporate the rest of the egg whites, folding it through the mixture.
Transfer the mix into a prepared cake tin and bake for 30-40 minutes.
Decorate with large flakes of sea salt (or edible gold dust as I like to), serve with big dollops of softly whipped cream.
