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Torta Caprese (Italian Chocolate Cake)

Servings 8
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Cooking down 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients
  

Wet ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 60 ml honey
  • 60 ml extra virgin olive oil

Dry ingredients

  • 100 g dark chocolate, melted
  • orange zest
  • 150 g ground almonds
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • pinch salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 170°C and line a cake baking tin with parchment paper.
  • In a bowl add the wet ingredients first, whisk together the eggs, honey, oil, melted dark chocolate, and orange zest until smooth.
  • Add the dry ingredients: ground almonds, baking powder, and a pinch of salt over the wet mixture.
  • Gently fold everything together until just combined (don’t overmix).
  • Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake at 170C for 35 minutes.
  • Once ready, turn off the oven and keep the door semi open, let cool down the cake in it for 10-15 mins.
  • Remove the baking paper and transfer the cake on a baking rack to cool down completely, then slice.

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Notes

Optional: to decorate the cake position the cooling rack net on top and sprinkled the top of the cake with icing sugar, to create a lovely patter.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: cake, chocolate, glutenfree, italian
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