Torta Caprese Recipe (Flourless Italian Chocolate Cake)
Here’s a delightful treat that is so easy to make! Torta Caprese (Flourless Italian Chocolate Cake) gives you a perfect balance of sweetness, bitterness, and crunchy bits of ground almonds in every bite. Everyone would be asking for seconds!
Servings: 12
Calories: 410kcal
Ingredients
- 1 & 2/3 cups almonds, (250 grams)
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips, heaping (226 grams)
- 1 cup butter, unsalted and softened (226 grams)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 5 large eggs, separated
- 2 tbsp Amaretto
- pinch salt
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar, for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).
- Prepare an 8-inch cake pan by greasing it with butter and lining it with a parchment paper.
- Use a food processor (or a blender) to grind the almonds until you get a coarse texture.
- Using a large bowl, combine the softened, unsalted butter with half of the sugar. Use a hand mixer to beat the mixture until it gets creamy.
- Add the egg yolks one at a time.
- Add Amaretto and continue mixing.
- Add cooled, melted chocolate, and mix.
- Add ground almonds and mix. You can also use a rubber spatula or wooden spoon to mix the chocolate mixture at this point.
- Using a medium-sized bowl, combine the egg whites and a pinch of salt.
- Clean the mixer's beaters and, using a low speed, beat the egg whites into soft peaks.
- Switch the mixer into high-speed and slowly add the remaining sugar while beating the egg whites continuously – until you see stiff peaks.
- Add a third of the beaten egg whites into the chocolate mixture and fold to combine. (Note: It would help if you used a rubber spatula or wooden spoon to do this.)
- Continue adding and folding until you've used all the beaten egg whites. Do not overmix, just enough to combine.
- Pour your torta caprese batter into the prepared pan. Use a spatula to level the top of the cake.
- Place your cake pan in the lower part of your oven for 55 to 60 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven and set aside to cool down.
- Dust your caprese cake with powdered sugar and serve.
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Notes
- Cook’s Tip #1: You can use a stand mixer if you don’t have a hand mixer. Just remember to clean the blades before beating the egg whites.
- Cook’s Tip #2: Do not worry about using the whole almonds, skin included. It helps in balancing the sweetness of this flourless Italian chocolate cake.
- Cook’s Tip #3: Use a rubber spatula or wooden spoon to scrape the mixing bowl’s sides while adding and mixing all the ingredients.
- Cook’s Tip #4: This authentic torta Caprese recipe is excellent for any 8-inch or 9-inch cake pan, but a 10-inch pan will result in a thin cake.
Nutrition
Calories: 410kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 118mg | Sodium: 184mg | Potassium: 244mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 588IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 103mg | Iron: 1mg