Dessert for 14

Almond Chocolate Cake

Name: Almond Chocolate Cake
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 14 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips; 120 g 1 stick unsalted butter; 3/4 cup white sugar; 3 large eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/4 cup cocoa powder; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 2 cups almond flour; berries and mint leaves for topping (optional); 2 4-ounce semi-sweet chocolate bars; 1 cup heavy cream or heavy whipping cream

$3.06for 460 minServes 14

This almond flour chocolate cake bakes until firm, then gets covered with warm chocolate ganache and berries.

Photo: primaverakitchen.com

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Chocolate chips and baking chocolate, 11 oz$0.45/oz typical	11 oz	$4.95Typical price
	Butter, 4.25 oz$0.40/oz typical	4.25 oz	$1.69Typical price
	Eggs, 3$0.30 each typical	3	$0.90Typical price
	Berries, 0.5 oz$0.40/oz typical	0.5 oz	$0.20Typical price
	Heavy cream, 8.25 oz$0.22/oz typical	8.25 oz	$1.83Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$10.71

Swaps

Swap heavy cream for evaporatedabout $0.08/oz less at typical prices
Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

Sugar and brown sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaBaking powder and sodaFlour

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60 minstart to table
Mediumdifficulty
14servings as written
$typical cost tier

American Vegetarian Budget Desserts

Typical price

$0.76 per serving$3.06 for 4

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips
120 g 1 stick unsalted butter
3/4 cup white sugar
3 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 cups almond flour
berries and mint leaves for topping (optional)
2 4-ounce semi-sweet chocolate bars
1 cup heavy cream or heavy whipping cream

Steps

Heat the oven to 350 F and grease a 9-inch round cake pan.
Melt the chocolate chips and butter together, then stir in the sugar, eggs, vanilla, cocoa powder, baking powder, and almond flour.
Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the center is firm.
Cool the cake in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer it to a rack.
Heat the cream in a small saucepan until steaming, pour it over the chopped chocolate bars, and stir until smooth.
Spread the ganache over the cooled cake and top with the berries and mint leaves.

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