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🍰 Airy Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake with Water Bath
594 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 100 g dark chocolate couverture
- 80 g soft butter
- 80 g raw cane sugar
- 6 eggs
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- 1 pinch salt
- 70 g ground almond kernels
- 200 ml whipping cream
- 200 ml crème double
- 1 pinch vanilla powder
Instructions
- 1. Chop the chocolate couverture into small pieces.
- 2. Melt the chocolate pieces in a water bath.
- 3. Let the melted chocolate cool down to room temperature.
- 4. Beat 70 grams of butter until creamy and fluffy.
- 5. Separate the eggs and set the egg yolks aside.
- 6. Stir the egg yolks into the butter mixture one by one.
- 7. Fold the cooled chocolate into the butter-yolk mixture.
- 8. Stir the orange juice into the chocolate mixture.
- 9. Add a pinch of salt and 20 grams of sugar to the egg whites.
- 10. Beat the egg whites slowly until stiff.
- 11. Stir in the remaining 40 grams of sugar into the egg whites gradually.
- 12. Take one third of the egg whites and fold it into the chocolate mixture.
- 13. Gently fold the remaining egg whites into the mixture.
- 14. Toast the ground almonds in a pan without fat.
- 15. Stir the toasted almonds into the batter.
- 16. Line a deep baking sheet or casserole dish with kitchen paper.
- 17. Fill the dish with boiling water.
- 18. Ensure the water reaches one third of the height of the cake pan.
- 19. Grease the cake pan with the remaining butter.
- 20. Fill the batter three quarters full into the prepared pan.
- 21. Place the cake pan into the water bath.
- 22. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius (convection 180 degrees Celsius, gas mark 3).
- 23. Bake the cake for 40 to 50 minutes.
- 24. Remove the cake from the oven.
- 25. Let the cake rest for a short time.
- 26. Whip the Creme Double.
- 27. Mix the cream with vanilla powder and the remaining sugar.
- 28. Whip the cream until stiff.
- 29. Fold the whipped cream into the Creme Double.
- 30. Serve the cream sauce with the cake.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 594
- Protein: 14 g · Fett/Fat: 48 g · Carbs: 28 g