Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Cake · Flourless Chocolate Cake
One of 76 chocolate cake recipes we measured
from alexandracooks.com
It ranks #5 of 76 for rise among the chocolate cake recipes we compared. 3 cooks on alexandracooks.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 76.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 0% | 101% |
| total sugar | 0% | 232% |
| egg | 0% | 48% |
| leavener | 0% | 4% |
| salt | 0% | 2% |
| liquid | 0% | 200% |
| dairy | 0% | 117% |
| chocolate | 0% | 67% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 8 oz semisweet chocolate |
| 114 g | 8 tablespoons margarine or butter |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon almond extract |
| 200 g | 4 large eggs, separated |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs, whole |
| 67 g | 1/3 cup plus 1/2 cup sugar |
| 60 g | 1/2 cup almond flour |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon potato starch or confectioners’ sugar (for non-observers) |
Method: 8 steps, published by alexandracooks.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Hi Ali I was a bit confused about the sugar - the recipe says 1/3 cup + 1/2 cup sugar then 1/3 cup granulated sugar.....I followed your steps and I am left with 1/3 cup sugar.....???? It is cooling now so we have not tasted it yet. Hopefully, it will be ok. Th” — a cook, 4.0★
“Thanks Ali - it was absolutely DELICIOUS and will go on rotation in our home. Thanks for the recipe!” — a cook, 5.0★