Passover Low Carb Chocolate Cake Recipes

PASSOVER CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F or 175°C.
• Whisk together sugar, potato starch, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
• Add eggs, oil, and black coffee or water. Mix until well combined. It will seem very liquidy but it's fine.
• Use a rubber spatula to pour batter into a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when poked through the middle.
• Remove and let cool completely before cutting.

PASSOVER/ LOW CARB CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350. Grease an 8 inch round or springform pan.
• Process pecans until they are the texture of meal.
• Process the rest of the dry ingredients.
• Add the wet ingredients and process until blended.
• Pour into the pan and bake.
• Bake for about 25 minutes (check with toothpick and leave in longer if needed).
• Cool and Slice.

PASSOVER DARK CHOCOLATE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• TO MAKE THE CAKE:.
• Set a large mixer bowl in a sink filled with 2 inches of warm water. Separate eggs.
• NOTE:.
• it is best to separate eggs while they are still cold, straight from the fridge.
• (you should have about 1 1/2 cups whites). Pour the whites into the warm mixer bowl and place yolks in a smaller mixer bowl (or let separated eggs stand, covered, at room temperature for 30 minutes).
• Meanwhile, in a small, heavy saucepan, partially melt unsweetened chocolate and semisweet chocolate pieces over low heat. Turn off heat and stir (chocolate will continue to melt).
• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Cut a waxed paper liner for the bottom of a 10-inch tube pan, cutting it 1/2-inch wider than the pan and the center hole slightly larger than the tube.
• Grease pan thoroughly.
• Place liner in pan and grease liner.
• Beat egg yolks with an electric mixer on high speed for about 4 minutes or till they're thick and lemon colored.
• Add the 2/3 cup sugar, beating till very thick. Stir in the melted chocolate and chopped nuts.
• Thoroughly wash and dry beaters.
• Beat egg whites with vanilla and almond extract till foamy.
• Gradually add the 1/4 cup sugar to egg whites, beating till soft peaks form.
• Lighten egg yolk mixture with about 2 cups beaten egg whites.
• Add to the remaining egg white mixture and fold together to combine.
• Turn batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for about 40 minutes or till top springs back when lightly touched.
• Run a knife around the edge of the pan and center to loosen.
• Cool in pan for 1 hour.
• INVERT onto cake plate. Remove waxed paper.
• Spread glaze over top and sides of cake.
• TO MAKE THE DARK CHOCOLATE GLAZE:.
• In a small heavy saucepan or skillet, melt chocolate over low heat.
• Remove from heat and stir in butter or margarine.
• In a small bowl, dissolve instant coffee in hot water.
• Stir in the sour cream and maple flavoring.
• Add sour cream mixture to chocolate, stirring till smooth and shiny.
• Makes 3/4 cup.