caprese cake: a typical italian chocolate and almonds dessert

by Elena Levati

The caprese cake is one of those desserts that you can make and redo countless times without needing a change.

Indeed, I have to say that it has always been one of my favorites cakes ever!

With its melting heart, its chocolate soul that conquers you bite after bite, the Caprese cake is a truly irresistible dessert!

Only 5 ingredients: almonds, chocolate, butter, eggs and sugar.

No flour for this traditional Neapolitan dessert, born a little by chance from the mistake of a careless pastry chef! What lucky day he had, right?

Let’s go straight to the recipe which is not difficult at all, but requires care and, as always, a good quality of the ingredients: this is what makes simplicity magnificently superb.

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caprese cake

 CAPRESE CAKE

Here’s the perfect recipe for one of the most famous italian cake: caprese cake, a flourless almonds and chocolate divine dessert!
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Course cakes, Dessert
Cuisine Italiana
Servings 4 persons

Attrezzature

  • electric whips
  • 22 cm tart mold
  • spatula

Ingredients
  

  • 125 gr dark chocolate of excellent quality
  • 125 gr butter at room temperature
  • 4 medium eggs at room temperature
  • 65 gr caster sugar
  • 185 gr finely chopped peeled almonds
  • icing sugar

Instructions
 

  • Melt chocolate.
  • Beat the butter with electric whisk making it soft and fluffy.
  • Add the melted chocolate and mix carefully with a spatula.
  • Beat with electric whisk 1 egg and 3 yolks with caster sugar for about 15 minutes until you get a soft and clear mixture.
  • Add this mixture to butter and chocolate cream: stir with a spatula.
  • Add the almonds.
  • Beat the 3 egg whites until stiff and add them to the mixture with very soft movements.
  • Preheat the oven at 180 °C.
  • Put the mixture into a 22 cm buttered and floured mold.
  • Bake your caprese cake in hot oven for 35 minutes.
  • Let cool completely, decorate with icing sugar and serve your super yummy typical italian caprese cake!

Notes

you can keep your caprese cake at rrom temperature, closed with aluminium foil or plastic, up to 5 days.
Keyword caprese cake, chocolate italian cake, flourless cake, flourless chocolate cake

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