Sugar Free Chocolate Christmas Cake
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Sugar Free Chocolate Christmas Cake
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A festive no sugar added spiced chocolate cake that will knock your stockings off! Deliciously spiced with cinnamon, cardamom and cloves, this cake is perfect for the holiday season.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups ground almonds 200g. For super-fine almond flour, reduce by ¼ cup or 25 grams.
- 8.8 oz dark chocolate 250g, 90% cocoa solids
- ¾ cup butter 170g, unsalted
- ⅓ cup cream 80ml
- 8 Medjool dates 150g / 5.3oz, pitted
- 5 eggs
- ½ cup granulated sweetener 100g
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
To decorate
- 6 cinnamon sticks
- 20 blanched almonds
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 160 Celsius / 320 Fahrenheit (electric).
- Melt the chocolate and butter in a non-stick pan or in the microwave.
- Line the bottom of a 25 cm diameter round springform cake tin with baking paper and grease the sides with butter.
- Remove the stones from the dates and chop finely.
- Separate the eggs and beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
- Mix the egg yolks and sweetener. Then add the rest of the wet ingredients - heavy cream, dates and the butter / chocolate mixture.
- Stir together the almond flour, baking powder and spices. Ad to the wet ingredients and mix until you have a smooth dough.
- Gently fold in the egg whites.
- Pour into your springform, decorate with cinnamon sticks and almonds and bake around 40 minutes until the cake is cooked but still a little gooey in the centre.
- Remove from the oven and let the cake cool in the tin.
Notes
- 4g net carbs per slice. Makes 16 slices.
- I am using ½ date per slice (8 dates in total).
- If you wish, you can replace the dates with another 4 tablespoon of erythritol and reduce the amount of almond flour by ½ cup / 50g. This changes the net carb count to 3.5g and the sugar to 0.7g per slice.
- You can add 1 tablespoon of orange peel and 1-2 tablespoon brandy to the cake batter to take the Christmas cake flavour to the next level.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
319kcal
(16%)
Total Carbohydrates
14.6g
Protein
6.9g
(14%)
Fat
27.9g
(43%)
Saturated Fat
12.6g
(63%)
Fiber
4.2g
(17%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 16Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 319 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 319kcal | 16% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 14.6g | 5% |
| Protein | 6.9g | 14% |
| Fat | 27.9g | 43% |
| Saturated Fat | 12.6g | 63% |
| Fiber | 4.2g | 17% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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