Hi All! Today we have this flour-less amaretti cake for you. I really dig cakes like this for so many reasons; a few of them being: they’re single layered (easy!), no frosting needed (super easy!), and the flour in this particular recipe is replaced with crushed [amaretti] cookies (awesome!). It’s a quick cake to throw together, with only a handful of ingredients; it’s chocolatey, decadent and SUPER almond-y….in a good way. It really is quite a tasty little cake that’s great to enjoy alongside a creamy cappuccino, a rich espresso or even an ice cold glass of milk! Mother’s day is just a couple days away, why not surprise mom with this tasty treat?! Enjoy!
xx Jenny
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Flourless Chocolate Amaretti Cake
INGREDIENTS
- 1 ¼ cup amaretti cookies (about 20)
- ¾ cup almonds
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- 8 ounces good quality semi-sweet chocolate, melted
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- unsweetened cocoa powder, for dusting
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Place cookies and almonds into a food process and pulse until a fine meal forms (10 to 12 pulses). Pour mixture into a mixing bowl and stir in cinnamon. Set aside.
- Place butter and sugar in a stand mixer (or using hand mixer), fitted with a paddle attachment, and cream together, about 3 minutes.
- Scrape down sides of bowl and with motor running add eggs, one at a time, until well mixed.
- Add cookie mixture and melted chocolate and continue to mix until fully combined, scrape down sides of bowl and stir in vanilla.
- Pour batter into a 9 inch cake pan lined with parchment and lightly greased.
- Bake cake for about 30 minutes or until set in center and a small mound has formed. Allow cake to cool completely before flipping onto a large cake plate/platter. Carefully peel parchment from cake and dust with cocoa powder. Serve.
NOTES
- *Makes 1 (9 inch) cake
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Thank you so much for this recipe.
I made it today. It was so delicious- creamy inside and crispy outside. Thank you for the recipe!
my friend sandra and myself just made this cake.absolutely delicious.we baked it some 5-10 minutes less, cause we were fascinated by the taste of the cream..
I’m sure this is delicious, but the title is totally misleading! :(
Aw, why do you say that??
Because it says flourless, and the cookies have flour
Ah, this is true.
I think most people get the idea though with “amaretti” in the title.
Actually, Amaretti cookies don’t use flour. They contain Almond (either finely ground or as paste), egg whites and sugar, and sometimes flavoring.
Ooo! Didn’t know that…and now I do! Thanks for sharing :)
How wonderful! The bitter of the amaretti must go great with the chocolate!
A cake made out of cookies?!?! Whoa. Just whoa. Genius-level.
This cake looks absolutely incredible. I love the idea of using crushed up amaretti biscuits, and find this kind of flourless chocolate cake so much more rich and delicious than a normal cake. Yum!
Oh Yum~a~licious *!* Appreciate the simplicity & divine taste….ZuVuYah
This looks delicious! If I use vegan butter it would make a good vegan chocolate cake.
I think everything about this cake would be fantastic. It’s incredible beautiful. The way you sprinkled the cocoa powder over it is just gorgeous!
Yum!! going to try it this weekend…looks decadent!
What a yummy cake, will definitely be trying it soon!
These are my favorite types of cakes! Rich, chocolate-y, and delicious. Can’t wait to try.
please oh please oh please send me some!
Three words: nom nom nom. My family is a huge fan of everything amaretto… This is on deck for the next bday party we have.
xoxo,
mon amy
Cookies as flour?! Sign me up!
Now THIS is my idea of cake…no flour, just plenty of eggs, sugar, and chocolate!!! YUM!
You had me at replacing flour with cookies!