How much do you love cakes?
Yeah, I know, calories, etc., etc.
But what if the cake is flourless? Would you dive into a flourless chocolate orange cake?
It’s really easy to prepare, and fast too. Not to mention delicious.
Seriously, you’ll probably have to hide it from anyone with a sweet tooth in your family. Otherwise, you’ll end up like me: baking it, smelling it…watching it melt away in someone else’s mouth.
Ever since I discovered this recipe, I started baking more often. It rarely happens that we have chocolate lying around the house, but when we do, I know exactly what to do with it!
But enough chit chat, here’s how to bake a delicious flourless chocolate orange cake:

Prep Time | 30 minutes |
Cook Time | 1 hour |
Servings |
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- 7 ounce dark chocolate (that's 2 whole chocolate bars)
- 3 ounce butter
- 1 orange (for the zest)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 orange (same orange, for the squeezed juice)
- 4 tablespoons powdered sugar
Ingredients
Flourless chocolate cake
Orange salsa
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- First, squeeze the orange juice, then grate the orange zest using the grater.
- Now, melt the butter together with the chocolate on a small flame, on the stove.
- Separate the 6 eggs: separate the yolks from the whites.
- Add the orange zest to the melted chocolate and then add the 6 yolks. Stir well!
- Beat the 6 egg whites into a thick foam, adding just a pinch of salt. When the whites foam starts to become thick, add the sugar little by little and continue to beat the egg whites (use a spoon, it's easier to add sugar to egg white foam this way)
- Now, gently mix together the egg whites with the meltdown chocolate (the melted chocolate should be cooled down by now. If not, wait a few minutes before mixing in the egg white foam!)
- Bake: add the chocolate mixture to a tray covered in baking paper and bake for about 45-50 minutes.
- Simply mix the 3 ingredients together... That's it. Heavy cream + orange juice + powdered sugar equals yummm when served on top of the fresh bakes flourless chocolate cake!
To know if the cake is ready, use a toothpick: stick it into the cake while still in the oven.
- If the toothpick comes out clean, your cake is ready!
- If the toothpick comes out all covered in gooey cake mix, your cake isn't done yet.