Flourless Chocolate Truffle Cake Recipes

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Line a 9-inch spring form cake pan with a circle of parchment paper.
• Add whipping cream into a saucepan and gently heat, when the cream is fairly hot add butter and chocolate chips and gently whisk until the chocolate is melted. Remove from heat and add rum or vanilla. Cool to room temperature.
• In a large bowl add eggs, sugar and sea salt and beat with an electric mixer until the eggs become fluffy. Slowly add the cream mixture and beat until combined.
• Pour the batter into the cake pan and place it on a baking pan. Bake for one hour. The cake may look a bit soft in the middle this is fine. Place the cake on a wire rack and cool to room temperature, then cover and chill for 4 hours or overnight.
• Loosen the sides before releasing the clasp, remove the ring and place on a cake plate. Dust with cacao and garnish with berries.

SIMPLE FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE AND CHESTNUT TRUFFLE CAKE WITH FRESH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 150C
• Melt the chocolate and butter in a glass or ceramic bowl set over a pan of simmering water.
• Meanwhile, put the rest of the cake ingredients into the blender and blend until completely smooth.
• Prepare a cake pan (preferably a spring form) by greasing with butter and cutting out some greaseproof paper to fit the bottom.
• Once the chocolate and butter have melted, pour into the blender with everything else (you may have to do this in 2 batches depending on the size of your blender).
• Blend well and pour into the prepared cake pan(s) Bake for 1 hour (check after 45 minutes) when a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out dry it is ready.
• Leave to cool in the pan then cover and transfer to the fridge.
• Next day Whip the cream adding the brandy and sugar.
• Turn the cake out, split and fill with cream.
• Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE CAKE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees F (170C).
• Line base of eight 1 cup (8 fl oz) capacity non-stick muffin tins with non-stick baking paper.
• Place chocolate and butter in a saucepan (absolutely dry) and stir over low heat till melted and smooth.
• Place the egg, vanilla and sugar in the bowl of a mixer and beat until thick and pale.
• Stir through the chocolate mixture.
• Spoon the mixture into muffin tins and bake for 12-15 minutes or until the cakes are just set.
• Cool in the tins and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• To make the glaze, place the chocolate, cream and butter in a saucepan over low heat and mix till smooth.
• Chill the glaze till it is firm.
• Unmould the cakes onto serving plates and spread with the glaze.