Torta Caprese

Name: Torta Caprese
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 200g dark chocolate (70%), chopped; 150g butter; 150g caster sugar; 4 eggs; 200g almond meal; 1 tsp vanilla extract; icing sugar to dust; cream to serve

A flourless Capri-style cake made from dark chocolate and ground almonds, rich, dense and naturally gluten-free.

Total time

45 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Italian

vegetariangluten-free

Ingredients

200gdark chocolate (70%), chopped

150gbutter

150gcaster sugar

4eggs

200galmond meal

1 tspvanilla extract

icing sugarto dust

creamto serve

Instructions

Melt chocolate and butter together. Cool slightly.

Beat sugar and eggs until pale.

Stir in chocolate mixture, almond meal and vanilla.

Pour into a buttered 22cm tin.

Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes — should still be slightly fudgy in the centre.

Cool completely.

Dust with icing sugar.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

489

Protein

6.6g

Fat

35.1g

Carbs

38g

Fiber

Sodium

76mg

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