Passoverlowcarbchocolatecake 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.

CHOCOLATE PASSOVER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter or margarine and sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Add chocolate, matzo meal, and salt. Beat until mixture just comes together. (It should be thick.)
• In a clean bowl and with a whisk attachment, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Gently fold into chocolate mixture. Add chocolate chips, and stir. Let stand 15 minutes.
• Scoop 2-inch balls onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until set, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool on sheet on a wire rack for 2 minutes. Transfer cookies to rack, and let cool completely.

PASSOVER CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together the crushed macaroons and butter. Press into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan. Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven; remove and cool.
• In a medium bowl, stir cream cheese and sugar together until well blended. Stir in matzo meal, milk and vanilla until smooth. Mix in the eggs one at a time.
• Combine the chocolate chips and butter in a small microwave-safe dish. Heat at 30 second intervals until melted, stirring at each interval. Stir into the cream cheese batter. Pour the batter over the cooled crust and smooth the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until the center appears solid when jiggled slightly.

EASY PASSOVER CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a 7-inch round cake pan with parchment paper.
• In a mixing bowl, cream the margarine or butter with the sugars until light and fluffy. Separate the eggs and beat in the yolks only. Sift in the cake meal, potato flour, and baking powder, and fold in carefully. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt until soft peaks form. Add a spoonful of the egg white to the cake batter and mix in thoroughly. Now fold in the rest of the eggs whites, taking care not to knock out any air. Spoon the mixture into your prepared pan and bake for 35-40 minutes until risen and golden.
• After the cake has cooled, slice in half horizontally and spread the bottom half with jam. Replace the top half and sprinkle superfine sugar over the top.

CHOCOLATE PASSOVER SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Spray a 10-inch tube pan with cooking spray.
• Sift matzo cake meal with potato starch into a bowl; set aside.
• Place egg yolks into a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until light, about 3 minutes.
• Slowly beat 1 cup sugar into the egg yolks; continue beating until mixture is thick and pale, about 5 more minutes. Beat cocoa powder into the egg yolk mixture until thoroughly combined.
• Beat egg whites with an electric mixer fitted with clean beaters in a separate bowl until foamy. Gradually beat in 1/2 cup sugar and continue to beat until egg whites hold stiff peaks.
• Lightly stir matzo cake meal mixture and coffee into egg yolk-cocoa mixture.
• Gently fold 1/3 of the egg whites into the batter, retaining as much volume as possible. Fold in remaining egg whites, mixing just until no white streaks remain. Gently mix in chopped walnuts.
• Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top of cake shows small cracks and springs back when lightly pressed, about 45 minutes.
• Run a knife around the sides of cake to loosen from the pan. Invert cake onto a wire rack to cool.

PASSOVER CHOCOLATE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and dust side of 9-inch springform pan with matzo meal. Melt 7 oz. of the chocolate as directed on pkg.; set aside. Beat egg yolks and 1/2 cup of the sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on high speed until thick and lemon colored. Add margarine; beat until light and fluffy. Add melted chocolate, orange zest and walnuts; mix well.
• Beat egg whites in small bowl with electric mixer on high speed until foamy. Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Gently stir into chocolate mixture. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 35 to 40 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 min. Run small knife or spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; remove rim of pan. Gently loosen cake from bottom of pan with spatula; place cake on wire rack. Cool completely. Microwave jam in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 10 sec. Spread over top of cake. Melt remaining 1 oz. chocolate as directed on pkg.; drizzle over cake. Let stand until chocolate is firm.

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.

CARROT-ALMOND CAKE FOR PASSOVER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Heavily oil an eight-cup tube pan or bundt pan. Dust with matzoh meal.
• Beat egg yolks until thick. Add two-thirds cup sugar and continue beating until pale yellow and very creamy. Beat in the honey. Stir in the lemon juice.
• Fold in the carrots and almonds.
• Mix cake meal with salt and cinnamon and mix into batter until just combined.
• Beat egg whites until they hold peaks but are not dry. Gently fold beaten egg whites into the batter. Transfer batter to the baking pan and bake 1 hour and 15 minutes, until nicely browned and springy to the touch.
• Place on a rack and allow to cool completely in the pan. Run a knife or a thin spatula around the edges to loosen the cake, then invert onto a serving plate. Dust with a tablespoon of granulated sugar before serving.