Homemade Flourless Chocolate Cake

Am going on a healthy rampage and it doesn’t just stay in the gym. My motto is (taken from some fitspiration sites) “Eat Clean, Train Mean, Live Lean” and I want to ensure that I do all that I can to achieve that. No excuses.

Another thing that I have begun living by is “What you eat in private, you (eventually) wear in public” – this is so true. For every mouthful of sugary, oily, deep-fried, unhealthy thing, I am putting extra stress on my body to break it down, and eventually, extra hours in the gym to burn it off – to what end?

Why shouldn’t I be mindful of what I eat, so that I don’t have to waste extra time burning it off, when I can wisely use that time for scuplting, toning, trimming and other more useful exercises?

More on this next time.

I had some time on my hands today because 1) it’s a public holiday 2) I am feeling sick & crampy from the monthly thing 3) I am also restless as home. So I raided the cupboards and made this fairly simple cake!!

Super Moist, Flourless, Guiltless Chocolate Cake

(my own recipe, modified using gut instincts)

6oz (approx 175-80g) Chocolate Cubes/ Squares/ Buttons – I used Van Houten’s Semi-sweet chocolate buttons

115g unsalted butter (half a slab) I used SCS unsalted – so called No.1 in Singapore

6 tbsp sugar – I used SIS granulated raw sugar

3 – 3 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder – I used Hershey’s unsweetened

1 tsp vanilla essence or extract

3 medium eggs – beaten

8-inch pan – I bought a Wiltshire silicon 8-inch

1) Pre-heat oven to 150 degrees Celsius

2) Grease pan with a bit of butter and dust with cocoa powder, to ensure that cake slides out easily later

3) Melt chocolate buttons/ cubes with butter using double-boil method or in microwave under low heat till a thick, consistent liquid

4) Stir in sugar, cocoa powder (you may sift this first), beaten eggs & vanilla essence

*you may add coffee/ espresso powder

5) Pour into greased pan, ensuring it’s evenly spread out. Place in pre-heated oven and bake for 30 mins (check at 25 and if your cake is very moist, you may need an extra 5-7 mins, especially if you only used Chocolate Squares/ Buttons and no cocoa powder)

6) Let sit in pan to cool for about 10 mins, overturn and let cool completely.

Melted chocolate buttons & unsalted butter

Some of the ingredient used

Beaten eggs x3

Wiltshire 8 inch silicon pan

Mixed batter

Mmmmmmmmm….

Can’t wait to taste it

Success!!! Moist, rich, chocolatey but not overpowering

Enjoy!! If you do follow this recipe, do reply to this post and tell me how it goes!!!

UPDATED!!!

This is a photo of the Super Moist Chocolate Cake after a night in the fridge… The cake is richer, denser and I am SO GLAD it doesn’t have the jelak taste of some other chocolate cakes that are toooo dense or powdery. I am extremely satisfied.

Overnight

The Loft, East Coast Rd – part 2

Now this place left a very good impression with us and we were willing to go try it out once more despite the less-than-desirable service in my previous post. However, the staff’s attitude were so much better compared to our last visit so I think maybe they read that post? *wishful thinking*

Previous tweet: https://makanmusings.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/the-loft-east-coast-road/

Anyway, we went there again a couple of weekends ago and picked out even better dishes than our last round, including a dessert – we really seldom take desserts especially at night!

The Loft

Not like I really needed to add this photo, but we were waiting for our food so I snapped away.

Pretty blue cups with our water

Our appetiser did not disappoint at all in fact I was so keen to order another one right after this but we had mains coming very soon. This is called Teppan Calamari served with a spicy, tangy & sweet sauce. The squid was grilled to a tender perfection and it was the perfect start to our main course.

Teppan Calamari

The previous time we went, we saw this chicken dish that was served to a young couple next to us. The husband remembered that, and he ordered the same for his dinner today. Behold, Spring Chicken served with Olive & Raisin Rice and Potato Salad. The chicken wasn’t dry as we thought it could be, easy to cut and the potato salad’s gravy wasn’t too thick. The rice was not as desirable as it sounded.

Spring Chicken

The dish I chose was one from the seafood category. A chef’s recommendation, I did have my hopes pretty high and it did meet them. Loved how the fish meat tore away from the bones easily and that the sweetness of it still maintained. I picked Mashed Potatoes & Sauteed Roots Vegetables as my side dishes and they didn’t disappoint either.

Denmark Dab with Caribbean Salsa

As a nightcap we decided to try a dessert from their pretty limited selection but I guess if you’re specialising in something, concentrate on a few and do it right. We chose the Valrhona Flourless Chocolate Cake that was served warm & moist that literally melted in ones mouth. Vanilla ice-cream came together as an accompaniment and I absolutely loved how simple and pretty the presentation was.

Valrhona Flourless Chocolate Cake

It didn’t look at all like the picture on the menu but it was OK!

The Loft

http://www.theloftcuisine.com/