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.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
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)