FreeFrom Chocolate Prune Torte

Corn, gluten, lactose, milk, nightshade, peanut, sesame & wheat free

This is quite a rich dense torte. You could swap the prunes for any other dried fruit - apricots would be nice. You could also leave the hazelnuts out if you don't fancy a crunch. This is not a sweet cake - add more agave syrup if you prefer a sweeter taste.

Serves 12

free from chocolate prune torteIngredients

  • 200g dairy free chocolate
  • 200g coconut oil
  • 200g ground almonds
  • 100g toasted hazelnuts
  • 8 tbsp agave syrup
  • 6 eggs separated
  • 100g prunes soaked in Armagnac

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 150oC / 300oF / gas 2.
  2. Grease and line a 20cm round cake tin with baking parchment.
  3. Gently melt the chocolate and the coconut oil.
  4. Leave the mixture to cool slightly.
  5. Separate the eggs and add the yolks one by one to the chocolate.
  6. Stir in the agave syrup.
  7. Beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks.
  8. Add a spoon of the egg whites to the chocolate mix to loosen it.
  9. Gently fold the rest of the egg whites into the chocolate until just combined.
  10. Pour the mixture into the cake tin and cook for 45 minutes.
  11. Check the cake is done with a skewer. If it comes out clean the torte is done.
  12. Transfer to a cooling rack.
  13. I tried freezing half and it worked really well.

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