These are gluten-free and lower in saturated fat. Although they’re made without butter or oil, these chocolatey squares are still deliciously squidgy in the centre.
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil for greasing
- 100g dark chocolate, broken into chunks
- 3 medium free-range eggs, separated
- 70g caster sugar
- 75g ground almonds
- 1 tsp fresh ground coffee
- 25g pecans, chopped
Method
- 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas 4. Grease and line a shallow 18cm square cake tin with baking paper.
- 2. Place the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water to melt.
- 3. Meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks and sugar until pale and creamy.
- 4. Stir in the ground almonds, melted chocolate, coffee and pecans.
- 5. In a clean bowl, whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks, then fold one-third of them into the chocolate mixture to help loosen it. Carefully fold in the remaining egg whites, then pour the mixture into the tin.
- 6. Bake for 18-20 minutes until the surface is slightly springy to the touch. Leave to cool in the tin before cutting into 12 pieces.
Nutritional info
Per serving: 140kcals, 8.9g fat (2.2g saturated), 3.8g protein, 12g carbs, 11.1g sugar, 0.1g salt