Nov 30
Mini Chocolate Cakes with Almonds and Orange
Chocolate has always been a weakness of mine, but I had it under control; I just had to look to the other side of the supermarket’s aisle when going shopping… but lately, I’m reading all this new stuff about it… things such as: it’s not demonstrated that chocolate causes acne, 100 grs of 70% Cocoa Chocolate has more iron than 100 grs of lentils, Cocoa contains polyphenols: antioxidants related to the prevention of atherosclerosis and the occurrence of some cancers. You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to imagine why I ended up baking these delicious Mini Chocolate cakes with almonds and orange!
It was hard to wait until they cooled down. They were absolutely delicious! However, since I used almonds flour instead of wheat flour, one of these would be enough for a tea or coffee break. In order to make them lower in calories I used margarine instead of butter and fructose instead of sugar. Kids would love it in a party too and if you think they wouldn’t go for the bitter orange marmalade as a toping you can change it for some melted chocolate.
Don’t start a party if you don’t have these almond cakes ready!
Enjoy life and Food!
Recipe
Ingredients for 12 mini cakes: 170 grs of ground almond (almond flour), 180 grs of 70% cocoa chocolate, 6 eggs, 135 grs of sugar, 80 grs of butter, 2 coffee spoons of orange zest, some bitter orange marmalade and some toasted almonds pieces.
- Melt the chocolate together with the butter in a pot at very low heat. Meanwhile prepare the orange zest: wash under tap water first and dry with a kitchen cloth.
- Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until they get creamy and white. Add the orange zest and the almond.
- When the chocolate is not that hot add pour it in and mix it all until you get a thick paste.
- Beat the egg whites to soft peaks and carefully add to the previous paste.
- Preheat the oven at 180ºC.
- Pour the mixture inside silicone moulds. Bake for 35 minutes.
- Use the marmalade and the toasted almonds for the toping.
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Comments
I don’t think we have enough chocolate in our lives my friend, and if it is good for us all the better!
Be still my little corazonsito. They are adorable and would go well with my kumquat jam that i just prepared….
Very nice looking and I really like the inclusion of the orange. My favorite chocolate bar treat is a square of dark chocolate with orange, which is very popular in Italy.
What beautiful little cakes!…and of course I recognize you in the picture below! Muy Bonita!
very delicious. :)