Cherry Dark Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake Low Carb And Gluten Free Food

KETO CHOCOLATE BUNDT CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C). Grease a bundt pan (this size is perfect!) generously and set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the Besti sweetener, cocoa powder, almond flour, and baking powder, set aside.
• In a second large bowl, use a hand mixer to beat the butter, until fluffy. Beat in the eggs, almond milk, sour cream, and vanilla, until smooth.
• Gradually add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, while beating with the hand mixer.
• Transfer the cake batter into the prepared bundt pan. Bake the cake for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean.
• Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the pan for about 30 minutes. Then, flip the cake upside down onto a cooling rack and cool completely.
• Meanwhile, add the chocolate chips and heavy cream to a double boiler and whisk continuously, until the chocolate chips are melted.
• Once the cake has completely cooled, drizzle with the glaze and allow to set before serving.

DARK CHERRY BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Cherries and almond extract pair beautifully in this delectable cake. Yogurt adds subtle flavor and helps keep the cake moist. Recipe by Nancy Baggett.
• Preheat oven to 350degreesF. Very generously coat a 10-inch Bundt or tube pan with cooking spray. Dust the pan with flour, tapping out the excess.
• To prepare cherry filling: Combine sugar and cornstarch in a medium nonreactive saucepan (see Note). Stir in cherries, kirsch (or orange juice), lemon zest and almond extract. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture looks like very thick jam and has reduced to about 1 cup, 5 to 7 minutes.
• To prepare cake: Sift cake flour, whole-wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a medium bowl. Beat sugar, butter and oil in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low, then medium speed, until very light and fluffy, about 1 1/2 minutes, scraping the sides as needed. Add half the yogurt and beat until very smooth. With the mixer on low speed, beat in half the dry ingredients until incorporated. Beat in the remaining yogurt, eggs, vanilla and almond extract until combined, scraping the sides as needed. Stir in the remaining dry ingredients just until incorporated.
• Spoon a generous half of the batter into the prepared pan, spreading to the edges. Spoon the cherry mixture over the batter. Top with the remaining batter. Grease a butter knife and swirl it vertically through the batter and cherries.
• Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted in the thickest part comes out with no crumbs clinging to it and the top springs back when lightly pressed, 50 to 65 minutes. (Dark-colored metal pans usually bake cakes faster than light-colored or shiny metal pans.) Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let stand until the cake is completely cooled, about 1 1/2 hours. Very carefully run a knife around the edges and center tube to loosen the cake from sides and bottom. Rap the pan sharply against the counter several times to loosen completely. Invert the pan onto a serving plate and slide the cake out. Dust the top with confectioners' sugar before serving.
• Recipe Tips & Notes:
• 1. Tip: Be sure to measure frozen cherries while still frozen, then thaw. (Drain juice before using.)
• 2. Notes: Kirsch (also called kirschwasser) is clear cherry brandy, commonly used as a flavor enhancer in fondue and cherries jubilee.
• 3. A nonreactive pan or container-stainless steel, enamel-coated or glass-is necessary when preparing acidic foods, such as cherries, to prevent the food from reacting with the pan or container. Reactive pans, such as aluminum or cast-iron, can impart an off color and/or off flavor in acidic foods.
• Recipe Nutrition:
• Per serving: 311 calories; 8 g fat (3 g saturated fat, 2 g mono unsaturated fat); 43 mg cholesterol; 55 g carbohydrates; 5 g protein; 2 g fiber; 294 mg sodium; 177 mg potassium
• Nutrtion Bonus: Folate (15% daily value).
• 3 1/2 Carbohydrate Servings
• Exchanges: 1 1/2 starch, 2 other carb, 1 1/2 fat
• To Make Ahead: Equipment: 10-inch Bundt pan or tube pan with removable bottom

DARK CHOCOLATE & CHERRY BAR

Steps:

• Line a 20cm square baking tin with a strip of baking parchment - leave an overhang as this will help lift everything out of the tin later. Scatter the amaretti biscuits over the base of the tin and set aside.
• Tip the chocolate into a heatproof bowl and pour the cream into a saucepan. Bring the cream to the boil, then pour it over the chocolate and stir until completely melted. Pour the mixture over the biscuits, then tap the tin to even out. Cover with cling film and chill in the fridge for at least 4 hrs (or up to 2 days ahead).
• While the chocolate is setting, drain the cherries over a small saucepan and set them aside. Simmer the juice from the tin for about 5 mins or until syrupy. This can be done a day ahead and both can be kept in the fridge.
• To serve, use the parchment handles to lift everything out of the tin on to a board and, using a sharp knife dipped in hot water, cut into six neat bars. Using a pastry brush, paint a thick stripe of the kirsch syrup across each plate, then sit a chocolate bar across the stripe at an opposing angle. Top each bar with a line of cherries and serve with extra syrup on the side.