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🍰 Chocolate cake with caramelized almonds
587 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- Eggs 4 pcs.
- Sugar 320 g
- Salt pinch
- Vanilla extract 1 tsp
- Carrots 350 g
- Almonds, whole 270 g
- Coating chocolate, dark 250 g
- Baking flour 200 g
- Cocoa powder 20 g
- Butter 200 g
- Cinnamon 1 tsp
- Star anise 1 pc.
- Water 40 g
- Whipping cream 40 g
- Coconut oil 1 tsp
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
- 2. Place a 25 cm cake ring on a springform base lined with non-stick baking paper.
- 3. Whisk the eggs, 200 grams of sugar, a pinch of salt, and vanilla extract until creamy for five to six minutes.
- 4. Peel the carrots and grate them finely.
- 5. Grind 70 grams of almonds and 150 grams of coating chocolate finely.
- 6. Melt the butter.
- 7. Stir the grated carrots, ground almonds, and coating chocolate into the melted butter.
- 8. Add the baking mix, cocoa powder, and the butter mixture.
- 9. Mix everything briefly on medium speed.
- 10. Pour the batter into the prepared mold and smooth the surface.
- 11. Bake the cake in the preheated oven for about 60 minutes.
- 12. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool completely.
- 13. Put 200 grams of almonds, 120 grams of sugar, a pinch of salt, cinnamon, star anise, and water into a coated pan.
- 14. Bring the mixture to a boil while stirring.
- 15. Continue cooking the mixture until the water has completely evaporated.
- 16. Continue heating the almonds until the sugar caramelizes and becomes shiny.
- 17. Place the hot almonds on baking paper and let them cool.
- 18. Bring the cream and coconut oil to a boil.
- 19. Stir in 100 grams of dark chocolate coating until melted.
- 20. Release the cake from the mold and place it on a cake plate.
- 21. Spread the chocolate glaze over the surface and smooth it out.
- 22. Chop the cooled caramelized almonds finely.
- 23. Decorate the cake with the chopped almonds.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 587
- Protein: 11 g · Fett/Fat: 39 g · Carbs: 52 g