Simple and Easy Flourless Chocolate Cake

I am super excited to share my simple and easy flourless chocolate cake recipe with you. This gorgeous flourless chocolate peanut butter cake is grain-free, gluten-free, and totally delicious. Dense and so chocolatey with notes of yummy peanut butter! It’ll be ready before you know it!

My favourite thing about this recipe…

I mean, where do I start? I’m obsessed with chocolate and this packs a punch of flavour! Really hits those chocolate cravings. I also love the addition of peanut butter in this recipe. It’s obviously a flavour match made in heaven. But it’s in the cake, and it’s in the frosting. Speaking of frosting!

I love the peanut butter stripes too! So classic, but really effective and easy to achieve! You can watch me do it in the video below or click here to watch!

This is magic!

Before I made this recipe, I had no idea that adding peanut butter to cooking chocolate would make it so velvety smooth and add a dimension of flavour that is magic! I don’t know about you, but sometimes when you add butter to the chocolate and try to melt the two ingredients together, it can seize. I just find that really frustrating. But adding peanut butter stopped that from happening.

What does this simple and easy flourless chocolate cake taste like?

Chocolate, chocolate, CHOCOLATE! So fudgy, it has lots of eggs but doesn’t taste eggy. The texture is smooth and moist. It kind of reminds me of a really simple tea cake. Like, something you can serve with tea or coffee.

What you need to make this cake

Cake

Dark chocolate – Use dark chocolate for this recipe. It will give you a strong chocolate flavour without being overly sweet. And make sure it’s cooking chocolate for best results. I use the Nestle baking melts.

Unsalted Butter – You could use salted butter here but just keep in mind the peanut butter will give you some salt in the recipe.

Peanut Butter – I used regular smooth peanut butter. You can use crunchy if you like for added texture and crunch.

Eggs – Regular large-sized eggs are good here. Whisking them before you add them to the warm chocolate mixture will ensure that there’s no risk of them cooking in the chocolate

Caster sugar – this will dissolve in the mixture easily.

Cocoa powder – use unsweetened cocoa powder and use a really good quality cocoa powder too. It makes all the difference.

Ganache

Dark Chocolate, butter and peanut butter – Make sure you use dark chocolate in this recipe if you don’t want the ganache to be overly sweet. You can use salted butter if you like, but there’s already salt in the peanut butter I used.

How to make this simple and easy Flourless Chocolate Cake

Cake

1. Add the chocolate, peanut butter, and butter to a heatproof bowl over a pot of gently simmering water.

2. Stir until completely smooth. Set aside to cool slightly.

3. Add the eggs to a bowl and gently whisk.

4. Add the whisked eggs to the chocolate mixture while continuously whisking.

5. Add the sugar and stir until well combined,

6. Sift in the cocoa powder.

7. Stir until well combined.

8. Add the batter to a springform pan that’s been sprayed with cooking spray. Bake for 30 minutes on

Ganache

1. Add the chocolate, peanut butter, and butter to a heatproof bowl over a pot of gently simmering water.

2. Stir until smooth.

Let’s Decorate!

1. Pour the ganache on top of the chilled cake.

2. Spread around.

3. Pipe lines of warm peanut butter.

4. Use a skewer or the end of a spoon to swish across the lines to create decoration. Allow cooling.

Tips for making simple and easy Flourless Chocolate Cake

• This recipe is really easy. The only tip I have for you guys is to use a springform pan when baking. It’ll make taking it out of the pan so much easier than not using one.

• Make sure the peanut butter is warm when piping it on top of the ganache. Make sure the ganache is still thin enough too so that you can have the best results when swirling.

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I hope you guys enjoyed this simple but delicious cake recipe with me. It’s totally worth making and simply divine. Please comment in the comments section below, or feel free to share with your family and friends on social media. I’ll see you all on the following recipe. Happy baking!

N x