How to Bake Flourless Chocolate-Lime Cake

Makes: one 9’’ cake

Preparation time: 40 mins

Cooking time: 45 mins

Ingredients needed to make Flourless Chocolate-Lime Cake:

For the cake:

• 1 cup almond flour
• 6 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 ¼ cups superfine sugar
• 1 ¼ sticks unsalted butter, softened
• 4 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
• 6 eggs
• Zest and freshly squeezed out juice of a lime

For the Margarita cream frosting:

• ¾ cup icing sugar
• ¼ cup lime juice
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 tbsp triple sec
• 1 tbsp tequila

Cooking instructions for Flourless Chocolate-Lime Cake:

• Warm up your oven to 350 degrees F and spread a parchment paper across the base of a 9’’ sprig-form pan while greasing its sides with melted butter.
• Dump the chocolate chunks into a heatproof bowl, along with butter and place it on a larger saucepan with simmering water.
• Heat the mixture in the microwave oven for half a minute or until it melts completely.
• Give it a nice stir and allow to cool to room temperature.
• Crack the eggs in a bowl and whisk them thoroughly, along with sugar, using an electric mixer until it fluffs up to thrice its previous volume.
• Toss the cocoa powder and almond flour together until well mixed and fold it into the sweetened egg mixture, alternating with the melted chocolate.
• Beat them together until they blend into a uniform mixture, free of lumps and add a splash of lime juice to it.
• Sprinkle the lime zest on top and fold them into the batter until distributed evenly throughout the mixture.
• Pour it into the prepared mould and bake in the oven for about 45 minutes or until its surface sets but remains slightly soft at the centre.
• Take it out of the oven and set aside on a wire rack to cool slightly.
• Wrap it up in a clean tea towel and continue to cool completely.
• Remove from pan and invert it onto a cake plate.
• For the frosting, whisk the heavy cream in a bowl using an electric mixer, until it form stiff peaks.
• Whisk the lime juice and liqueurs together in a separate bowl and stir it into the whipped cream.
• Dust the icing sugar into it and fold it into the mixture until well combined and dissolves completely.
• Spread it across the sides and surface of the cake and level out its surface with a spatula.
• Slice and serve.

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