No Bake Cake | Hoecakes & Hemlines

Over the holidays I made two chocolate tortes. Today I am going to show you the no bake one I made.

Ingredients:

8 oz 70% bittersweet chocolate, chopped ( I used Ghiradelli 70 % Extra bittersweet)

8 oz heavy cream

1/2 teaspoon allspice

2 tbsp strongly brewed coffee

1/4 tsp salt

one cup toasted, finely chopped almonds

Supplies:

skillet to toast almonds

food processor to chop almonds

double boiler or equivalent

rubber spatula

whisk

measuring spoons and cups

knife

cutting surface

baking pan

pan for heating cream

Oil or butter to grease pan

The first thing I did was toast some almonds then chop them in the food processor. I wanted them finely chopped. I toasted them in a dry skillet over medium high heat.

Toast almonds in a dry skillet

Chop in food processor

Toast and chop almonds

Chop the chocolate

chop chocolate

I melted the chocolate in my “homemade double broiler” (a glass measuring cup over a pot of boiling water). Worked like a charm.

Melt chocolate

Melting chocolate

Heat cream over gentle heat and stir in allspice, coffee, salt and orange extract.

Add allspice, coffee, salt and orange extract

Heat cream over gentle heat

Stir it constantly so it doesn’t stick to the pan. When the cream is hot to the touch, remove from the heat and add the melted chocolate and stir to mix.