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Gluten free Chocolate and Hazelnut Torte. (Dairy free options)

March 31, 2017 By bakesalotlady

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Hey Guys! this is my first ever post! I have no idea what to say except, Thank you for checking out this website! I’m absolutely new to this so hopefully I’ll fix all the minor glitches along the way. I’ve been working really hard on recipes that taste good and are not so bad for the body and hopefully I’ll be able to share all of them with you guys through this website.

A torte (/ˈtɔːtə/) is a rich, elegant cake, bursting with flavour. It is heavier as compared to regular sponge cakes because it contains ground nuts instead of all purpose flour. This chocolate hazelnut cake is dreamy, creamy and an absolute ticket to heaven! If you’re not dairy free you can use salted caramel cream cheese frosting to cover the cake and mini chocolate meringues and more caramel sauce (like I did!♥), but you can always use vegan buttercream or a vegan chocolate ganache or even whipped coconut cream and it’ll taste just as good if not better! Also a huge thanks to Sayamdeep Paul for capturing these stunning images!

Let’s get to the recipe!

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Photographed by: Sayamdeep Paul

Things you’ll need:

For the cake:

250g dark chocolate (70%, I used 65% cause I had it on hand), finely chopped (for dairy free, use vegan chocolate)

125g (1 cup + 2 tbsp) butter, cut into cubes (if vegan use your preferred brand of vegan butter)

170g (1/2+1/4 cup) brown/demerara sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

100g ground toasted hazelnuts

6 large eggs, separated

Also, a pinch of salt

For the cream cheese frosting: (not dairy free)

100g cream cheese

40g (about 1/4 cup) unsalted butter

210g (1 + 2/3 cup) icing sugar/confectioner’s sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

3-4 tbsp salted caramel sauce (store bought or home-made)

LET’S GET BAKING!

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F, butter and line three 6″ round cake pans or two 7″ pans with parchment paper.
  2. For the torte, melt the chocolate and butter in a large heatproof bowl over a saucepan of barely simmering water (double boiling method). Also make sure that the water doesn’t touch your bowl which has the chocolate. Remove the bowl from the heat and mix in the salt, sugar, vanilla extract and toasted ground hazelnuts with a spatula. After the mixture is cool to touch or just slightly warm, add the egg yolks, one at a time, mixing after each addition, until you have a thick batter. DO NOT add the eggs before the mixture cools down. IT’S NOT A GOOD SIGHT.
  3. Add the egg whites in a clean bowl (make sure there’s no moisture or grease in the bowl and your whisking attachments) and using a hand held mixer, whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form (you can also use a standing mixer if you have one or maybe do it by hand if you’re adventurous :P). Add the egg whites to the chocolate batter, a third at a time and fold through very gently until just combined.
  4. Pour the yummy chocolate batter into the prepared cake pans and place them in the oven to bake for about 30 minutes until it is firm but with a slight wobble. Every oven is different so kindly keep a close eye on it after 25 minutes of baking. Remove the cakes from the oven and allow them to sit on a wire rack to cool. After 25-30 minutes you can remove them from the pans and let them cool completely.

FOR THE FROSTING:

  1. Make sure your butter and cream cheese are at room temperature. Add them into a bowl and using a hand held mixer blend those two until creamy and almost fluffy.
  2. Gradually add in the sifted icing sugar, little by little as you whip the frosting.
  3. Finish with a dash of Vanilla and the salted caramel.
  4. Refrigerate till needed.

NOTE:

  • You can use a 9″ pan to bake a single cake too. The baking time will change according to the size of your pan, hence adjust the timings accordingly.
  • You can also use regular butter if you’re not dairy free.
  • for roasting the hazelnuts: Spread them out on a flat baking sheet and toast them at 175°C for about 10 minutes, you’ll know when they’re done when they’re slightly golden brown and they’ll smell amazing. Let them cool before you grind them.
  • If you’re not fond of Caramel, you can avoid it in the frosting (Why would you?)

The cake should last for a good two days if refrigerated, but mine didn’t even last an hour as it just vanished. Trust me.. It was that good. Also, check out my Instagram to stay updated on all the yummy recipes I’m working on and lemme know on my social media or here if you’d like a recipe for my Salted Caramel Sauce.

Love,

Bakesalotlady <3

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  1. ~On The Way To Cape May~ says

    August 30, 2017 at 1:44 am

    Reblogged this on ~On The Way To Cape May~.

    Reply
  2. Lulu says

    May 26, 2017 at 1:26 pm

    Hi
    This cake looks so appealing and since it’s mango season I thought I give it a try. But when measuring I faced problems since the cup measurement doesn’t equal the weight measurement .For example 1 cup sugar is about 200 grams so which one is correct ? Thanks

    Reply
    • bakesalotlady says

      June 28, 2017 at 3:53 pm

      Hey I am so sorry, I am new to blogging hence I just saw your comment. I made an error, I’m extremely sorry. Thank you for the comment, I have edited out the recipe. Also you can use this link for conversions: http://dish.allrecipes.com/cup-to-gram-conversions/

      Reply
  3. ashok abraham says

    April 13, 2017 at 9:41 pm

    all the best!!!

    Reply
    • bakesalotlady says

      April 14, 2017 at 4:44 pm

      Thank you so much Mama💝

      Reply
  4. Sucharita Roy says

    April 12, 2017 at 10:01 pm

    Great Job! 🙂

    Reply
    • bakesalotlady says

      April 14, 2017 at 3:59 pm

      Thank you so much Sucharita <3 <3

      Reply
  5. priyanshishahh says

    April 12, 2017 at 7:26 pm

    Girl, you’re doing a great thing. I wish you all the luck and may this blog get featured anytime soon in the list of food blogs. I’m just so excited to read a lot more recipes from you! All the best.

    Love you. ❤

    Reply
    • bakesalotlady says

      April 14, 2017 at 3:59 pm

      Priyanshiiii! Thank you so much! That is so sweet of youu! You’re no less than a gem <3 Love you more <3

      Reply
  6. Julie says

    April 12, 2017 at 6:22 pm

    Looks great congrats.. Thank you for the cup equivalents. Much aprpreciatesd. Wonderful photos too.

    Reply
    • bakesalotlady says

      April 14, 2017 at 3:56 pm

      Hey Julie! thank you so much! I always faced a problem when I didn’t find cup measurements and so I had always thought if I ever did something like this I’ll put in cup measurements 🙂 Much love <3

      Reply
  7. Rekha says

    April 12, 2017 at 6:08 pm

    Congratulations my dear. God bless you.

    Reply
    • bakesalotlady says

      April 14, 2017 at 3:55 pm

      Thank you Masi. I love you <3

      Reply

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