Flourless Chocolate-Kahlua Cake with Cajeta

Recipe courtesy Gale Gand

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Total Time:
1 hr 5 min
Prep
40 min
Cook
25 min
Yield:
10 to 12 servings
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Ingredients

  • 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter
  • 8 ounces semisweet chocolate
  • 7 egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 ounces coffee liqueur (recommended: Kahlua)
  • Whites from 5 eggs
  • 1 cup sliced almonds, toasted
  • Cajeta, recipe follows
  • Strawberry-lime salsa, recipe follows

Cajeta:

  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • Approximately 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons butter

Strawberry-Lime Salsa:

  • 1 1/2 pints strawberries
  • 2 key limes or 1 large lime, juiced
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons chiffonade of mint

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9-inch round pie pan. Line pan with greased parchment or waxed paper. In the top of a double boiler, melt the butter and chocolate and stir until smooth. Whip the egg yolks and the sugar until fluffy and pale in color. Fold butter and chocolate mixture into the egg yolk and sugar mixture, adding the coffee liqueur. Whip the egg whites to soft peaks and gently fold into the chocolate mixture. Pour into the pie pan and bake for 25 to 35 minutes then allow to cool completely.

Cajeta: In a medium saucepan, bring water and sugar to a boil, do not stir. Remove from heat when the sugar is amber in color and add enough cream to thin the caramel to a fairly liquid consistency. Stir in butter. To test consistency, dip a spoon into the caramel mixture and allow to cool. If the "cajeta" is gooey but holds its shape, it's ready; if it hardens too much, add a little more cream and test again.

Strawberry-Lime Salsa: In a blender, puree half the strawberries with the lime juice and the sugar. Strain and reserve. Cut the remainder of the strawberries in quarters and mix with the puree. Add chiffonade of mint.

When the cajeta has cooled a little, but is still warm, pour over cake on top of a wire rack to catch the drippings. Using your hand, pat almonds all around the sides of the cake. Refrigerate for 2 hours and serve chilled with salsa.

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  • on March 10, 2013

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    Amazing!!! I have made several fourless cake, this one is by far the best one. The cake alone is a keeper. The strawberry salsa umbeliveble. Make this recipe and invite 13 of my girlfriends for a coffee. Unanimous, hands dow the best cake on the table!!! It was wonderful, because in this group I have 5 friends that can just eat gluteen free food, so flourless cake worked just perfect! Thank you for sharing such a amazing cake!

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  • on February 15, 2012

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    I made this cake for my family on Valentine's Day and they all loved it. I followed the instructions and the cake turned out great. It reminded me of a chocolate flan. The cajeta was yummy and the stawberry mixture was a good balance for the sweetness of the chocolate cake. I served it with Kahlua and milk. Delish.

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  • on January 15, 2011

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    This recipe says to use a pie pan. I don't think that is the best idea. I will try a cake pan next time and Not use the parchment. The cake tastes ok. I made it exactly by the recipe and I think I will change a few things next time.

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