Flour-less 72% Dark Chocolate & Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake

BY: April Mallare

POSTED: March 3, 2025

IN: Appetizer

Flour-less 72% Dark Chocolate & Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake

Ingredients:

5 oz. quality bittersweet chocolate
1/3 cup + 1 tbs. Bella Nonnas Blood Orange Olive Oil
1/2 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
A pinch of sea salt

Cooking Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375°F.
Grease an 8-inch round baking pan with a teaspoon of blood orange olive oil.
Line bottom with a round of parchment paper and grease the paper with remaining olive oil.
In a double boiler melt finely chopped chocolate with blood orange olive oil.
Remove from heat and whisk in the sea salt and sugar.
Add eggs one at a time whisking well after each addition.
Sift the cocoa powder over the chocolate and whisk until just combined.
Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake in middle of oven for 20-23 minutes, or until top has formed a thin crust.
Cool cake in pan on a rack 5 minutes and invert onto a serving plate.
Drizzle cake with a small amount of blood orange olive oil or dust cake with additional cocoa powder and serve with tangerine sorbet, whipped cream, or vanilla gelato.

Cooking Time: 20-23 min
Servings: 8-10

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