Chocolate Almond Cake

This is the chocolate cake that proves indulgence and wholesomeness aren't enemies—almond flour makes it impossibly tender while cocoa keeps it deeply, richly chocolatey.

Ingredients:

• 175g almond flour
• 100g all-purpose flour
• 85g unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 200g dark chocolate, chopped
• 120ml olive oil
• 150g sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 120ml Greek yogurt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Fleur de sel for garnish (optional)

Method:

1. Preheat to 175°C and line a 23cm round cake pan with parchment paper.
2. Whisk together almond flour, all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.
3. Melt chocolate with olive oil over gentle heat, then stir in sugar until combined.
4. Beat in eggs one at a time, then fold in yogurt and vanilla.
5. Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until just combined.
6. Pour into pan and bake 35–40 minutes until a skewer emerges with just a few moist crumbs.
7. Cool completely before turning out and serving.

Full recipe at Cookie and Kate →

Chef's tip: Don't skip the fleur de sel sprinkle—a pinch of sea salt on top of each slice transforms the chocolate from sweet to genuinely craveable, very Mediterranean in spirit.