Chocolate Olive Oil Cake (Nigella)

This is another chocolate cake I really really adore as it is butter-free and flourless! Sounds really healthy yah? ^0^ Even my two kids enjoyed this chocolate cake too thus the cake was completely wiped off by the 2nd day!

I've thought made a right choice of using a round base 8" pan :D After unmoulding the cake onto the serving plate, it revealed a rounded edge surface which it looked rather cute :D

Recipe source : Nigella.com
Ingredient

• 150ml olive oil
• 50gm unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
• 125ml boiling water
• 1 tsp vanilla paste
• 150gm ground almonds
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• pinch of salt
• 150gm sugar
• 3 large eggs

Method

1. Combine cocoa powder with boiling water and whisk till smooth. Add in vanilla paste, cool down.
2. Combine ground almond, baking soda and salt.
3. Place sugar, oil and eggs in a mixing bowl. Using a electric whisk, beat for 3 minutes until the mixture has aerated and thickened.
4. Lower speed and beat in cocoa mixture. Tip in almond mixture and beat briefly.
5. Scrape the mixture into a lined 8" cake pan. Bake in preheated oven at 160 deg cel for 45 mins.
6. Cool in pan for 10mins. Gently loosen the edge with a spatula and turn the cake onto a serving plate.  Leave to cool completely or serve while still warm.

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