Flourless Chocolate Cake with Ganache
50 minutes
A yummy flourless chocolate cake with rich chocolate ganache poured on top, making it a gluten free delight.
4 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- Cake
- 125g dark chocolate
- 125g butter
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- Ganache
- 150ml double cream
- 150g dark chocolate
Directions
Preparation:10min ›
Cook:30min ›
Extra time:10min cooling ›
Ready in:50min
- Cake: Preheat oven to 150 degrees C. Grease 20cm round cake tin with butter and dust with cocoa powder.
- Melt the chocolate and butter together in the top of a double boiler or carefully in a microwave. Remove from heat and stir in sugar, cocoa, eggs and vanilla.
- Pour into the prepared cake tin and bake for 30 minutes. Cool in the tin for at least 10 minutes and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Ganache: Melt the cream and chocolate together in the top of a double boiler or carefully in the microwave, stirring until smooth and shiny.
- To Serve: Once the cake is completely cooled pour the ganache over the top of the cake and either serve warm as is or wait until the ganache hardens.
