Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Dessert Cakes
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Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Dessert Cakes … Happy World Chocolate Day

2018/07/07 / 20 Comments
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Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Dessert CakesDark Chocolate Buckwheat Dessert Cakes. Happy World Chocolate Day!! For this special day, I’m sharing something indulgent, something simple, quite delightful, immensely satisfying, pretty, petite … so many adjectives to describe these little cakes. Then again, that’s the beauty of baking with chocolate as an ingredient, and also why it has its own special day!Baking with ChocolateVolumes has been written on the benefits of chocolate, how good it is for you if used well. The more I work with chocolate, the more I fall in love with the promise it holds. It’s an empty canvas to play with, it seldom disappoints, there’s always takers for the end product, and you got to admit, it makes for pretty pictures.chocolate eggsThere was a time I used to find shooting chocolate very challenging indeed. To be able to bring out the beauty of chocolate desserts or bakes is now quite fun. I sometimes get it right, sometimes not, but it’s a fabulous learning experience. I have had such a satisfying time styling and shooting chocolate, that any opportunity is grabbed, no questions asked!Dark Chocolate Garam Masala Truffles 1000 5So obviously, for World Chocolate Day, I HAD to share something chocolate, something I baked two days ago, something that I got a whole lot of requests for on Instagram where I shared an image. These petite indulgent Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Dessert Cakes.Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Dessert CakesThese little beauties are gluten free, use buckwheat flour – a pseudo cereal, are refined sugar free and use clarified butter. The Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Dessert Cakes are rich and indulgent too, just apt to celebrate this special ingredient on its special day! Do remember to serve them at room temperature or not straight out of the fridge at least. The high ratio of chocolate and clarified butter needs to soften up to allow for the taste to come through! Serve them with a drizzle of unsweetened cream, a cream chantilly, a fruit compote, a coulis, fresh berries, salted caramel sauce, whatever catches your fancy. Oat Walnut Cookie Pies with Dark Chocolate Ganache 121000 1

Oh, and HAPPY WORLD CHOCOLATE DAY! Treat yourself to a ton of this good stuff!

Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Dessert Cakes

Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Dessert Cakes

Deep, dark, CHOCOLATY, indulgent and gluten free, these Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Dessert Cakes do really please the die hard chocolate lover. Use a semi sweet chocolate if you like instead, top these with unsweetened cream, a cream chantilly, a fruit compote, a coulis, fresh berries, salted caramel sauce, whatever catches your fancy.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 150 g dark couverture chocolate
  • 35 g honey
  • 85 g clarified butter {ghee}
  • 1 egg
  • 30 g brown sugar
  • 20 g buckwheat flour {kuttu ka aata}
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla bean powder

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 170C. Line 6 3″ dessert rings with foil. Place on baking tray.
  • Place the chocolate, butter and honey in a large bowl. Microwave for 2 minutes, one minute at a time until melted and smooth. Cool slightly.
  • Beat the egg with the 30g brown sugar and vanilla bean powder until fluffy and mousse like.
  • Fold 1 tbsp chocolate mix into beaten egg to lighten it. Fold remaining egg mix into chocolate mix. Gently fold the buckwheat flour in.
  • Divide into desert rings and bake for approximately 15 minutes, until slightly firm to touch.
  • Cool completely in rings and chill for 30 minutes.
  • Top the cooled cakes with dark chocolate shards and berries.
  • Serve at room temperature. { Can be made a day ahead and chilled. Allow to come slightly to room temperature before serving}
Keyword chocolate, dessert, glutenfree, sweet

About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.

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