Chocolate Sweet Potato Torte
- 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
- 1 cup packed cooked, mashed orange-fleshed sweet potato, such as Beauregard, garnet, or jewel
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened dark-chocolate cocoa powder
- 18 tsp. salt
- 4 large eggs
- 2 oz. bittersweet chocolate
- 2 Tbs. nonfat soymilk
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Coat 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray.
- Blend sweet potato, 1 cup sugar, almond flour, cocoa, and salt in food processor 30 seconds, or until smooth, scraping bowl as necessary.
- Separate 3 eggs, placing whites in bowl of electric mixer.
- Add 3 yolks and remaining whole egg to sweet potato mixture; pulse to combine.
- Transfer sweet potato mixture to large bowl.
- Beat egg whites with electric mixer at high speed until soft peaks form.
- Add remaining 1/2 cup sugar; beat 2 minutes more, or until stiff, glossy peaks form.
- Fold one-third egg white mixture into sweet potato mixture with spatula.
- Gently fold in remaining whites.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes in pan on wire rack.
- Remove springform sides; cool completely.
- Melt chocolate in small saucepan over medium-low heat.
- Stir in soymilk.
- Spread chocolate mixture over top of cake.
- Let stand until chocolate sets.
sugar, almond flour, cocoa powder, salt, eggs, bittersweet chocolate, nonfat soymilk
Taken from www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/chocolate-sweet-potato-torte/ (may not work)