Chocolate, Coconut and Raspberry Gateau

This flourless gateaux is absolutely delicious and contains no sugar! It's perfect for those who are gluten intolerant or diabetic.

This flourless chocolate, coconut and raspberry gateau is absolutely delicious and contains no sugar! 

Chocolate, Coconut and Raspberry Gateau

Serves 8–10
Ingredients:
  • Butter or oil, to grease
  • 250g raw almonds, ground
  • 80g shredded coconut
  • 4 large eggs
  • 100g Perfect Sweet® xylitol
  • Pinch of salt
  • 20g cacao powder or good quality cocoa
  • 150g coconut oil, melted 100g fresh or frozen raspberries

Dairy Free Ganache

  • 3 ripe avocados 100g coconut oil, melted
  • 60g cacao powder or good quality cocoa
  • 75g Perfect Sweet® xylitol 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 250g fresh raspberries, to decorate
  • Raw Dark Chocolate (recipe page 124) or good quality sugar free dark chocolate, shaved or grated, to decorate
  • Powdered xylitol for dusting
Method:
  1. Preheat oven to 160°C/140°C fan-forced. Brush 4 × 17cm spring form cake pans with butter to grease. Line with baking paper.
  2. Combine the ground almonds and coconut in a large bowl, then set aside.
  3. Place the eggs, xylitol and salt in a clean bowl and using an electric beater on high speed, whisk until pale. Add the cacao and beat on slow speed until combined. Gradually add the coconut oil and beat on medium speed.
  4. Add the ground almond and coconut mixture and fold into the egg mixture to combine.
  5. Pour a quarter of the cake mixture into each cake pan. Then place a quarter of your raspberries (25g) into each pan and push down into the cake mixture. If you only have 1 or 2 cake pans, bake 1 or 2 cakes at a time until you have 4 layers.
  6. Bake 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean with a few crumbs. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan then turn onto wire racks to nish cooling.
Dairy free ganache:
  1. Process all ingredients until smooth and shiny.

To assemble:

  1. Use a quarter of the ganache and spread over the rst cake layer, top with 50g raspberries. Add the second cake layer, use a quarter of the ganache and spread over the second cake layer, top with 50g raspberries, repeat for the 3rd layer. Top with the 4th layer, cover with remaining ganache and decorate with the remaining 100g raspberries. Before serving, dust with powdered xylitol and nish with shaved or grated chocolate.
 

This recipe is from Sugar Free Baking by Carolyn Hartz. Available from www.bookdepository.com for £18.39.

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