Chocolate Torte (Gluten Free)
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 8
Ingredients
- 200g butter, in small cubes.
- 200g of dark chocolate. (A Cadbury Bournville bar weighs exactly 200g - so no stealing!)
- 6 large eggs, separate out the yolks.
- 200g castor sugar.
Cocoa powder or icing sugar for dusting (optional).
- A 24cm cake tin (ideally with a loose base).
Method
- STEP 1Switch on your oven and heat to 180C/fan or 200C/Gas 6.
- STEP 2Grease the tin's sides and line the base with baking parchment.
- STEP 3Melt the butter and chocolate. Start off briefly in a microwave, then smooth together over simmering water. Leave to cool.
- STEP 4Whisk the egg yolks and sugar together until smooth - will take a couple of minutes. Add the cooled chocolate mix and combine until nice and smooth.
- STEP 5Whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks start to form. Place half of the stiffened whites into the chocolate and egg mix. Fold gently until combined, then add the remaining egg white.
- STEP 6Pour into the tin and bake in the middle of the oven for 45 minutes. Remove from the oven when the middle is just set.
- STEP 7Leave to cool. It may crack and sink, but don't worry. Carefully turn out of the tin when cool.
- STEP 8Dust with cocoa, or icing sugar.
- STEP 9Can be served with cream, but is excellent on its own.
