This divine, squidgy chocolate cake is dairy and wheat-free, so vegans can dig in!
Ingredients:
- 100g dried sour cherry
- 5 tbsp brandy
- 300g gluten- and wheat-free plain flour (we used Doves Farm)
- 85g cocoa, plus extra for dusting
- 200g light soft brown sugar
- 1 tsp gluten-free baking powder
- 1 tsp gluten-free bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp xanthan gum
- 150ml sunflower oil
- 350ml rice milk (preferably unsweetened)
- 150ml agave syrup
- a little icing sugar, for dusting
- 2 x 600g jars cherry compote
- 200g caster sugar
Instructions:
- For the sorbet, whizz the compote with the sugar until smooth-ish, then tip into a freezer-proof container. Freeze until solid.
- Mix the cherries and the brandy and leave to soak for a few hrs.
- Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Line the base of a round, 20cm loosebottomed tin with baking parchment. Mix the flour, cocoa, brown sugar, baking powder, bicarb and xanthan gum in a big bowl. Whisk the oil, rice milk and agave syrup, then add to the dry ingredients and stir in with a wooden spoon. Add the cherries and any brandy, then scrape into the tin. Bake for 35-45 mins until crisp on top but fudgy in the centre. Cool in the tin.
- Carefully lift the torte onto a serving plate. Dust with cocoa and icing sugar, and serve with the cherry sorbet.
Choc-cherry fudge torte with cherry sorbet • Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients:
- 100g dried sour cherry
- 5 tbsp brandy
- 300g gluten- and wheat-free plain flour (we used Doves Farm)
- 85g cocoa, plus extra for dusting
- 200g light soft brown sugar
- 1 tsp gluten-free baking powder
- 1 tsp gluten-free bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp xanthan gum
- 150ml sunflower oil
- 350ml rice milk (preferably unsweetened)
- 150ml agave syrup
- a little icing sugar, for dusting
- 2 x 600g jars cherry compote
- 200g caster sugar
Choc-cherry fudge torte with cherry sorbet Nutrition Facts:
• Diet:
• Calories: 287.55
• Fat: 159.57
• Carbs: 351.46
• Protein: 62.73
• Cholesterol: 0.00
• Calcium: 125.32
• Sodium: 79.55* E.g. 137.29 = 137mg or 137g – 29%
Nutrition Facts labels are not always factual.
