Flourless, Sugar-Free Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons almond flour
• 1/2 lb semisweet chocolate chunk (for cooking)
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 egg yolks
• 5 egg whites (at room temperature)
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. 2

   Coat a 9” Spring form pan with butter and dust with cocoa powder. (do not tap out excess).

3. 3

   Combine melted chocolate and remaining butter. Stir until smooth and combined. In a large bowl combine the chocolate mixture with the almond flour, sour cream, egg yolks, and vanilla extract. Stir until well-blended.

4. 4

   With an electric mixture, beat egg whites and salt until stiff glossy peaks form. Add one-quarter of egg whites to the chocolate mixture to lighten. Gently fold in the remaining whites until no white streaks remain.

5. 5

   Pour into prepared pan and smooth the top.

6. 6

   Bake for 20 min or until cake has risen and is barely dry on the top. A wooden tooth pick inserted comes out with a lots of moist crumbs.

7. 7

   Place cake, still in the pan, on a rack and cool until warm. Cake will fall dramatically. Loosen edges of the cake with a knife and remove the pan sides.

8. 8

   This cake can be combined with the Sugar Free Chocolate Mousse and topped with toasted slivered almonds. Texture should be dense, moist and slightly fudgy .

9. 9

   *Chocolate can be melted on low microwave setting just until melted or over a double boiler.

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    Nutritional Information:.

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    4 g. Net Digestible Carbs per serving size (without mousse or almonds),.

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    1 g. Sugar.

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