Chocolate Carob Cake

This chocolate carob cake really celebrates carob as a flavour. It's rich and fruity and makes an absolutely delicious dessert.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Croatian

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 45

Servings

Calories 391kcal

Author Corina Blum

Ingredients

4 apples
4 eggs
30 g currants
100 ml rum can be substituted for fruit juice or another alcohol
100 g caster sugar
100 g carob powder
100 ml oil
60 g ground almonds or 100g plain flour
50 ml milk
120 g dark chocolate

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Put the currants in a bowl and pour the alcohol on top and leave to stand.
Put the egg whites in a bowl and whisk till they turn white and begin to form soft peaks.
Gradually whist in the sugar, egg yolk, ground almond, oil, milk and carob powder.
Mix the apple, currants and alcohol together. Then mix the fruit mixture into the other bowl.
Grease the bottom and sides of a springform tin and then add the cake mixture. Bake in the oven at about 180C for 40-45 minutes. Check it is ready with a skewer or cocktail stick.
When the cake has cooled, melt the chocolate and spread on the top of the cake.

Notes

Nutritional information is approximate and a guideline only.

Nutrition

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