Ingredients:
100g 85% Lindt dark chocolate
150g organic unsalted butter
80g Greens and Black Organic Cocoa
2 x vanilla pods
3 x eggs
150g Xylitol (this is a sugar alcohol that I used to replace sugar)
100g strawberries
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 150 degrees C (gas mark 2). Grease an 20cm round cake tin, and dust with cocoa powder.
- Separate the eggs and set aside the yolks for later
- Whisk the egg whites until they are soft peaks
- In a bowl over lightly simmering water, melt chocolate and butter
- Scrap vanilla beans out of pods
- Once melted remove chocolate and butter from the heat and let cool for about a minute
- Stir in egg yolks, xylitol, cocoa and vanilla
- Gently fold in a heaped tablespoon of the beaten egg whites into the mix
- Put mix into bowl of remaining egg whites and fold gently until egg whites can no longer be seen
- Pour into the prepared cake tin.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely
- Serve with slices of strawberry, you could also serve with melted dark chocolate or raspberries
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