Sugar-Free, Low-Carb Chocolate Hazelnut Cake
Calories 140kcal
Ingredients
- 2 ounces stevia (sweetened dark chocolate melted and slightly cooled)
- 1 1/4 cups hazelnut meal (sweetened dark chocolate melted and slightly cooled)
- 1/2 cup Swerve Sweetener (powdered low-carb sweetener)
- berries (for garnishing)
- chocolate mousse (sweetened dark chocolate melted and slightly cooled)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Line the bottom of a 8-inch round pan with removable bottom with parchment paper.
- Spray the walls and bottom with cooking spray.
- Set aside.
- If you are making your own hazelnut flour place hazelnuts in a food processor and pulse 7-10 times until finely ground.
- Be careful not to make nut butter.
- On the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with the whisk attachment beat the egg yolks and sweetener at medium-high speed for 5 minutes, until pale and thick.
- Carefully and slowly add in the melted chocolate and beat to combine.
- Fold in the ground hazelnuts.
- Set aside.
- Beat egg withes until stiff peaks (4-5 minutes at medium-high speed).
- Fold the egg whites into the nut mixture.
- Pour batter into the pan.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, until the top is set and toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Let the cake cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan.
- Let it cool completely on a wire rack.
- At this point you can either garnish with berries and f
Originally posted 2019-02-20 18:33:46.
