Flourless Chocolate Pecan Cakes Food

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE-PECAN CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Beat egg whites in medium bowl with mixer on high speed until soft peaks form; set aside. Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in melted chocolate and vanilla. Gently stir in about 1/3 of the egg whites just until blended. Repeat with remaining egg whites.
• Pour into 8 mini fluted tube pans or large ramekins sprayed with cooking spray. Place on rimmed baking sheet.
• Bake 25 to 30 min or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans 5 min. Loosen cakes from sides of pans with sharp knife. Gently remove cakes from pans to wire racks; cool completely.
• Microwave cream cheese spread in small microwaveable bowl on HIGH 20 sec. Stir in powdered sugar and coconut. Spread over cakes. Sprinkle with shaved chocolate and nuts.

NANA JOSé'S CHOCOLATE PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• For cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9-inch springform pan with parchment paper and grease with 1 tablespoon butter.
• Using a double boiler or pan over simmering water, melt together chocolate and remaining 1/4 cup butter. Set aside to cool.
• Using a blender, chop pecans finely. Add eggs, vanilla, sugar, salt and melted chocolate mixture, blending until smooth. Pour batter into pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes; cake should be moist but not wet. Allow to cool completely.
• For the garnish: In a large mixing bowl, combine piloncillo or brown sugar, lime zest and lime juice. Add strawberries and blackberries, and toss gently. Just before serving, toss again and spoon on top of cake. If desired, serve with lightly sweetened whipped cream.

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE PECAN MINI CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Chop 3 oz. of chocolate. Place eggs, sweetened condensed milk and nuts in blender; blend until combined. Add chopped chocolate; blend until smooth.
• Spoon into 36 paper-lined mini muffin cups.
• Bake 15 min. or until centers are almost set. Cool in pans 5 min. Remove from pans to wire racks; cool completely. Melt remaining chocolate as directed on package; drizzle over cakes.

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter a 23cm springform cake tin and line the base with baking parchment.
• Melt the butter and chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl in the microwave or over a pan of gently simmering water. Mix the coffee powder with 2 tbsp hot water until dissolved. Stir the coffee into the chocolate and set aside to cool slightly.
• Whisk the egg whites in a large bowl for 2 mins with an electric whisk until soft peaks form. In another large bowl, whisk both the sugars, the vanilla and egg yolks for 5-8 mins, or until pale and fluffy. Sift the cocoa powder into the egg yolk mixture and mix gently to combine.
• Stir the cooled chocolate into the egg yolk mixture, then gently fold through the egg whites until smooth. Transfer to the tin and bake for 1hr-1hr 20 mins, or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool, remove from the tin and serve with fresh berries, if you like.