Some days ago I was looking for some books I have in boxes and I found an old recipe notebook of my mother. She didn’t enjoy too much cooking or baking and so I was super curious what this is. In fact it has just 10 recipes, most of them easy cakes and some in addition have a side note ‘very fast’.
I don’t remember all of them but one I do very much: aunt Silvia’s chocolate nut cake. My mom prepared it once in a while. It is an easy peasy one, just all ingredients in a bowl, stir well, then into the loaf pan and in the oven. So easy and fast. I think I remember she covered the cake with a chocolate coating, but I am not really sure. I can’t ask no one as both passed away long time ago.
It’s her first recipe I tried out, others will follow. But I made the chocolate nut cake already several times. It’s really simple, easy and fast. Especially when you need something quick to bring to friends. I prepared the cake in a loaf pan and also as muffins.
Maybe some of you know this cake and have it already like a family recipe for centuries? Let me know!
- 150 gr grassfed butter or ghee
- 150 gr coconut flower sugar
- 150 gr dark chocolate (melted)
- 160 gr almond meal
- 5 eggs
- 1 tsp bourbon vanilla
- 1 tbsp rum (optional)
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F.
- In a big bowl whisk chocolate, butter, vanilla, rum and sugar until creamy.
- Add one after the other the eggs, always whisking. Then add the almond meal and stir well until it is a smooth, homogeneous batter.
- Put the batter into three small loaf pans and bake for one hour. It depends of your oven, control already after 50 minutes with a toothpick. The cake should be dry in the middle.
- Take the cakes out and let them cool out.
Rum gives the cake a special taste even though you can't really taste it. Omit in case you prepare the cake for children.
A good idea is to give the cake a chocolate cover. Melt more chocolate (use always at least 85%) and cover the already cold cake. You can also sprinkle some more almond meal on the top for decoration.
I tried them also as muffins. Then bake only 20 - 25 minutes.
