Ingredients
- Chocolate Almond Creme Fraiche Cake
- 100g plain flour
- 75g sugar
- 50g ground almonds
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 100g creme fraiche
- 100g banana, mashed
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 25g flaked almonds
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Chocolate Almond Creme Fraiche Cake
Time: 10 minutes prep, 30 minutes cook
Servings: 8
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
- Sift the flour into a large bowl with the sugar, ground almonds, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
- In another bowl, carefully beat the eggs with the creme fraiche, banana and vanilla. Pour into the flour mixture and fold well.
- Transfer to a lined sandwich tin, then scatter over the flaked almonds evenly.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until you can pull a toothpick out clean.
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Summary
Creme fraiche makes a good substitute for butter in chocolate cake.
This was made in a 7" sandwich tin and cuts into 8 slices
