Rich low carb chocolate torte made with walnuts. This is one of the densest, moistest, richest low carb cakes you will ever eat. A little sliver is enough to satisfy!
I am a big fat jerk-face. Like, just a total meanie-pants. Really, I mean it, I am stupid-head to the nth degree. What on earth, you might wonder, has me calling myself such juvenile schoolyard names?
Well, I owe this Chocolate Torte recipe to someone and I can’t remember who. And I think I’ve owed it to them for a few weeks now. All I know is that one reader had a huge windfall of walnuts and asked me what to do with them. I can’t even remember where or how she asked me, although I suspect it was on Facebook.
Since I had recently created a lovely keto chocolate walnut torte, I told her to email me because I had just the thing for her. She dutifully emailed and I had all of these wonderful intentions of emailing her back with the recipe right away.
And I didn’t do it. Of course I didn’t. The recipe wasn’t fully typed up yet and I didn’t have time in that moment, so I put it off. And then I lost sight of the email and it slipped my mind. Until yesterday, when I was deciding what recipe to put up and settled on this one.
Then I slapped my forehead and went “Oh no, you total meanie-pants jerk-face stupid-head, you forgot!”. Yes, apparently I am a little hard on myself.
Really, my connection with my readers is of the utmost importance to me. I honestly value it as much as any “real” relationship in my life. I get so many wonderful comments and emails, I have such loyal supporters, and I want people to know that I really don’t take that for granted.
Not for a second, even when I forget to respond or email you back. Even when my responses come a few weeks too late to address the issue or problem that you have. I feel honoured that so many people look to me as a low carb baking expert and I try my hardest to answer each and every question thoroughly. But I do often fall behind, I do lose sight of queries, and I simply can’t always stay on top of it all. That’s life, I suppose.
So to the lovely reader who asked me for recipes to help use up her huge quantity of walnuts, this one goes out to you. And I just did a little search of my email and found the reader. So Diane…this one’s for you! Hope you love it.
Chocolate Walnut Torte
Ingredients
Torte:
- 1 ½ cup walnuts
- ¾ cup Swerve Sweetener
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon espresso powder (optional, enhances chocolate flavour)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter
- 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 5 large eggs
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup almond milk
Glaze:
- ½ cup whipping cream
- 2 ½ ounces sugar-free dark chocolate chopped
- ⅓ cup walnut pieces
Instructions
Torte:
- Preheat oven to 325F and grease a 9-inch round baking pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper and grease the paper.
- In a food processor, process walnuts until finely ground. Add sweetener, cocoa powder, espresso powder, baking powder, and salt and pulse a few times to combine.
- In a large saucepan set over low heat, melt butter and chocolate together until smooth. Remove from heat and whisk in eggs and vanilla extract. Add almond milk and whisk until mixture smooths out. Stir in walnut mixture until well combined.
- Spread batter in prepared baking pan and bake about 30 minutes, until edges are set but center still looks slightly wet. Let cool 15 minutes in pan, then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely. Remove parchment paper.
Glaze:
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, bring cream to just a simmer. Remove from heat and add chopped chocolate. Let sit to melt 5 minutes, then whisk until smooth.
- Cool another 10 minutes, then pour the glaze over the cake, smoothing the sides. Sprinkle top with walnut pieces and chill until chocolate is firm, about 30 minutes.
Notes
Total fat: 30.26g
Calories from fat: 272
Cholesterol: 112mg
Carbohydrate: 8.46g
Total dietary fiber: 5.49g
Protein: 9.54g
Erythritol: 15g
Cathy Bogle says
OMG OMG OMG! Carolyn, this was amazing! I only ever make your recipes now as they always turn out well. But this torte is so delicious that it is in a class of its own. Thank you for this. I substituted SugarLike for Swerve as I prefer it and I put pecans on top instead of walnuts, but otherwise followed it exactly. I used a springform pan and it came out nicely. It looks very fancy and I will be having it at our Thanksgiving dinner this weekend. Thanks again 🙂
Cathy
Carolyn says
So glad you liked it!
Barbara T says
I made this for the first time and although it was deliciously fudgey I did not like the bits of walnut that were present. Should I have ground the walnuts to get as fine as store bought almond flour (Costco) is Carolyn?
Isabel H says
The best chocolate flour less cake I’ve ever had. Thank you so much Carolyn for all your wonderful Keto recipes.
I have made so many of your recipes and all of them have been so good. I have a friend is allergic to walnuts can we substitute it for hazelnuts? I know walnuts has more fat than hazelnuts.
Carolyn says
Any nut will work.
KeelyJo says
Currently waiting on this to cool so I can try it! Does this need to be stored in the refrigerator or can it be kept on the counter in an airtight container?
Carolyn says
Should be okay on the counter for 3 days or so.
Bill says
This sounds amazing. I’d like to make it dairy-free for a friend. Do you know of a sub I could use for the cream in the glaze? Thanks!
Carolyn says
Coconut cream should be fine but it needs a bit more of the chocolate to thicken properly.
Penny Kemp says
I have just made this, it’s in the oven as we speak. I used mixed nuts as I had some left over from xmas to use up, I also used Natvia which is a mix of stevia and erythritol, apart from that I stuck to the recipe. Although I cannot comment on the finished product, I know its going to be good because I licked the bowl clean and the taste was amazing. I am so happy that I can have these kind of treats eating low carb. Thanks so much for sharing.
Carolyn says
Thanks, Penny. Enjoy it!
Fara says
Thanks so much Carolyn for this recipe! I made this today for my hubby’s birthday and it was a big hit. Everybody was wowed. I was hesitant to make it for today as it was my first attempt to make it but it was very well done. Thanks for sharing your recipes.
Carolyn says
So glad everyone liked it!