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chocolate buckwheat cake
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chocolate buckwheat cake

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chocolate buckwheat cake

There are rainy, dreary, energy depleted days when the best thing you can do at 3 p.m. is to that anything short of chocolate cake is going to improve your outlook. Tuesday was that kind of day and, just my luck, this happened to be a rainy Tuesday kind of chocolate cake.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

909
Calories
22g
Protein
33g
Fat
126g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Buckwheat not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 7 tablespoons (100 grams or 3 1/2 ounces) unsalted butter, plus extra for buttering pan
  • 3 1/2 ounces (100 grams) bittersweet dark chocolate (70 to 72 percent is ideal)
  • 4 large eggs at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup (100 grams or 3 1/2 ounces) granulated or blond cane sugar
  • A good pinch of sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup (35 grams or 1 1/4 ounces) buckwheat flour
  • 1/4 cup (30 grams or 1 ounce) almond meal
  • Confectioners’ sugar, lightly whipped cream and/or berries to serve (optional)

Directions

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By smittenkitchen · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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