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Flourless Chocolate Torte With Pumpkin Seeds

22 May, 2014 by Slim Palate 21 Comments

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For mothers day I had planned to make my mom this extravagant and well thought out tasting menu that I had set up for her. The only downside was that I was neglecting the fact that prom weekend was placed right over mothers day (thanks guys). If you know anything about prom weekend, it’s practically impossible to get anything done that isn’t related to Prom. On the bright side I did ask my girlfriend to prom with my chewy dark chocolate chunk cookies with sea salt, which of course she said yes to. You can’t really say no to cookies.

Chocolate-chips

So I reworked the meal to be a braised brisket with rhubarb and honey and some sort of dessert. See, my mom is a very particular person when it comes to desserts so I asked her what kind of dessert was her favorite. Her first response was “anything with chocolate”. That sounded easy enough. I could’ve gone crazy and made some sort of extravagant chocolate tower or something like that but instead I made something as simplistic yet definitive as the response that I got; a chocolate torte.

The-Batter

As with many desserts you tend to see quite a wide variety of ingredients to provide various flavor profiles, textures, etc. in one dessert. I don’t think that’s a bad thing but sometimes it can get out of hand, at least for me it can. This chocolate torte does a really good job of showing the beauty in simplicity. If you want a chocolate dessert then you put chocolate in it of course! In the case of this dessert it’s quite a lot of chocolate… and butter, much like my recipe for brownies in my cookbook. I’m unashamed though, my plan in mind was to get her totally chocolate wasted.

Dripping-Chocolate

So yes, this cake is made up of mostly butter and chocolate. Which technically makes it gluten free, nut free, Paleo, grass-fed, whatever you want to call it. In my experience it seems that it’s the fat and sugar that makes a dessert taste good not the gluten. That’s probably why this one is definitely a winner, and to be noted as a treat. It literally melts in your mouth, and it’s super easy to make too so I don’t even know how to contain myself about it. Like my mother always says, you can never go wrong with butter or chocolate.

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5.0 from 2 reviews
Flourless Chocolate Torte With Pumpkin Seeds
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
30 mins
Total time
35 mins
 
A completely flourless, grain free, nut free, and gluten free chocolate torte that is incredibly decadent and rich. With a smooth and fudgey, ganache like inside that literally melts away in your mouth.
Ingredients
  • 10 ounces bittersweet or 70 % chocolate
  • ½ cup butter + 2 tablespoons (and a little extra for greasing) *See notes*
  • ½ cup coconut sugar
  • 5 eggs
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • toasted pumpkin seeds for garnishing
  • cacao powder for sprinkling
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Grease a 9 inch spring form pan with butter and cut out a piece of parchment paper to place in the bottom of the spring form pan and butter as well (the parchment simply adds extra safety from sticking).
  2. In a medium sized heat proof bowl add chocolate and butter and place over a pot of simmering water making sure that the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water. Stir frequently until the chocolate and butter is fully melted then remove from the heat. In a separate medium sized bowl combine eggs, coconut sugar, salt, and vanilla and whisk until thoroughly combined and well incorporated. Carefully whisk in about ⅕ of the melted chocolate mixture into the egg mixture and whisk until well incorporated then add the rest of the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture and whisk until fully combined and well mixed.
  3. Pour batter into prepared spring form pan and place in the oven to bake for 25-30 minutes or until center doesn't really jiggle very much or is just firm to the touch. Remove from the oven and let cool in pan completely then run a knife around the edges and remove it from the pan. This cake can be served room temperature but is best cold so I recommend refrigerating it for about 2 hours before serving.
  4. Right before serving shake cacao powder through a sifter over the top of the cake and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds.
Notes
Notes for toasted pumpkin seeds: You can toast your pumpkin seeds by placing them in a dry skillet over medium heat while shaking the pan frequently to prevent burning until they begin to turn lightly golden on some parts and become fragrant.
Notes about butter: I aware that many of you abstain from butter but I choose not to, and I have not tested this with coconut oil so I do not know if it would work with any other fat such as coconut oil for sure. In my opinion it would probably bake just fine with coconut oil but I can't guarantee that. Also it's likely the flavor and possibly texture would be completely thrown off if you used coconut oil. If anyone wants to try it and let me know then please do, otherwise I'm gonna have to wait till the next time I make this to test it again.
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Filed Under: Baking, Recipes, Sweets/Desserts Tagged With: butter, cake, chocolate, pumpkin seeds

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Comments

  1. Easy, Healty and Yummy says

    22 May, 2014 at 8:15 am

    wow! I have to try this now…

    Reply
  2. Matt Robinson says

    23 May, 2014 at 12:16 am

    LOVE the flavors, the texture, everything about this. Your pics are amazing too!!

    Reply
  3. vanessa says

    23 May, 2014 at 6:36 am

    Hello do you think this cake could be made with oil instead of butter?
    vanessa

    Reply
    • Slim Palate says

      23 May, 2014 at 12:56 pm

      Check out my notes vanessa, not 100 percent sure whether it would work or not as I haven’t tested it yet.

      Reply
  4. Jenny @ Paleofoodiekitchen says

    23 May, 2014 at 1:28 pm

    I’m seriously bookmarking and making this! Thanks for coming up with nut free treats! 🙂

    Reply
  5. jaclyn says

    25 May, 2014 at 3:56 am

    Hi, can I substitute honey for coconut sugar? and if so, whats the measurement?
    Thanks

    Reply
    • Slim Palate says

      26 May, 2014 at 6:29 pm

      I do not think that you can substitute honey since it’s a liquid sweetener vs. a granulated one. I’m not certain though, I wouldn’t recommend it.

      Reply
  6. renee (will frolic for food) says

    29 May, 2014 at 2:53 pm

    just gorgeous! i love how simple this is to make. my fiance and i are chocolate FREAKs so i’m sure we’ll dig on this real hard when i make it this weekend 😉 i’ve been seeing so many recipes w coconut sugar lately. i’ll have to check it out.

    Reply
  7. Natalie says

    15 June, 2014 at 4:48 am

    could I sub coconut sugar for granulated or liquid stevia? This looks amazing defs gonna try! (might add some whipped cream/raspberries to it)

    Reply
    • Slim Palate says

      15 June, 2014 at 10:23 am

      I’m afraid you cannot sub granulated or liquid stevia. You can sub any granulated sugar but not sugar substitute. So things like coconut sugar, organic cane sugar, maple sugar, etc.

      Reply
  8. Susan says

    19 June, 2014 at 11:55 am

    Love the idea of the pumpkin seeds. I am half tempted to try a little pumpkin pie spice, added to the chocolate torte – thoughts?

    Reply
    • Slim Palate says

      19 June, 2014 at 1:15 pm

      You definitely could if you wanted to, but the purpose of this torte is to be an intense chocolate flavor, it’s not really supposed to be pumpkin pie flavored.

      Reply
  9. Ka says

    10 July, 2014 at 10:40 am

    After what seemed like an eternity, I finally found the time to make this Torte last night. It was absolutely worth the wait! It does indeed literally melt in your mouth, and it was so beyond delicious even though I had to slighly tweak your recipe because I ran out of 70% chocolate (I added 100% pure and some Enjoy Life Chips). Since I have an abundance of fresh cherries, I cooked some down with water, lemon juice and coconut sugar and made a cherry sauce which complimented the Torte perfectly. This is definitely a keeper. Thanks for such an amazing recipe, your Mom is one lucky lady!

    Reply
  10. Javi says

    19 November, 2014 at 12:10 pm

    Hi, could i use splenda instead of coconut sugar?

    Reply
    • Slim Palate says

      19 November, 2014 at 1:04 pm

      I’m sure you could but I don’t know the conversion for that.

      Reply
  11. Agnieszka says

    29 November, 2014 at 12:09 pm

    It tastes great! I’ve made it with last week raw cane sugar (bit less than 1/2 cup). Today I’m baking it again, for my daughter’s 4th birthday. She loves chocolate, just like her mom. I’ll top it with some whipped cream for the extra treat 🙂

    Reply
  12. Jessica says

    26 September, 2015 at 8:16 am

    How long will this stay fudgy and fresh? I need to make my BF a birthday treat. The problem is it’s just us two living in a new state all alone. I really want to make your celebration cake for him, but there’s no way we can finish that one. I thought of giving some to our neighbors. Will they both last a few days?

    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Slim Palate says

      26 September, 2015 at 2:18 pm

      It should last a couple days yes! It’s actually best when it’s eaten refrigerated in my opinion. Good luck!

      Reply
  13. Elizabeth says

    13 November, 2015 at 8:46 pm

    Does this cake freeze well? I need to make a cake for my husband’s birthday, before we go out of town – so I am hoping to find one I can sneak into the freezer for when we return.

    Reply

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