Once upon a chef flourless chocolate cake

From the classic cholesterol packed macaroon, to the more often used than not flourless chocolate cake, Passover desserts can be a love it or hate it addition to your seder table.

None of them 🙂

— Jack Langer (@jacklanger) April 6, 2022

Passover desserts can be fun but they all have on thing in common– no flour (and for some Orthodox Jews no matzah can be used until the last night of Passover).

We broke down some our favorite parve Passover recipes (why do so many non-Jewish publications include dairy desserts on their Passover menus?!*) by type to save you the hassle of searching around.

Cakes

Once upon a chef flourless chocolate cake
Flourless Chocolate Cake with fresh raspberries.

Flourless cakes are popular in many cuisines due to their more dense and fudge-like consistency.

  • Best Almond Cake from Delish
  • Flourless Pistachio Cake with Strawberry Meringue from Epicurious
  • Almond Cake With Cardamom and Pistachio from NY Times
  • Chocolate Flourless Cake from “King Solomon’s Table”

Ice cream/Sorbet/Mousse/Custard

Once upon a chef flourless chocolate cake
Assorted sorbets

Sorbets, custards and curds are extremely easy to make.

  • Easy Sorbet from Delish
  • Homemade “Dole Whip” from Epicurious
  • Bittersweet Chocolate Mousse with Fleur de Sel from NY Times
  • Olive Oil Lemon Curd from NY Times

Cookies

Once upon a chef flourless chocolate cake

The coconut macaroon is a Passover classic.

  • Dairy-Free Coconut Macaroon Cookies from Spruce Eats
  • 3 Ingredient Jelly Ring Cups from Chelsey Amer

Something different

Once upon a chef flourless chocolate cake

Honestly, if you don’t keep to gebrochts (not soaking your matzah until the last night) chocolate covered matzah dipped in anything is the best.

  • Coconut Macaroon Brownies from Food & Wine
  • Chocolate Toffee Matzo Crack from Once Upon a Chef

*Traditional Jews do not mix milk and meat in a meal and typically wait 3-6 hours after eating meat before eating something that has dairy in it.

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Originally Published Apr 8 2022 08:35AM EDT

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What is the difference between flourless and gluten free?

Is there a difference between flourless and gluten-free? Flourless does not necessarily mean that it is gluten-free! A lot of celiacs will indeed eat flour, but they avoid wheat flour. Gluten-free means no gluten – which is the protein that can be found in wheat, barley, and rye.

What does flourless chocolate cake taste like?

What does flourless chocolate cake taste like? Unlike regular cakes made of flour, flourless chocolate cake is not fluffy nor light. It tastes like a rich chocolate truffle. It's silky, rich, and smooth.

How do you make flourless chocolate cake?

Ingredients.
1 cup (170g) semisweet chocolate chips or bittersweet chocolate chips..
8 tablespoons (113g) unsalted butter, room temperature..
3/4 cup (149g) granulated sugar..
1/4 teaspoon salt..
1 to 2 teaspoons espresso powder, optional..
1 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract, optional..
3 large eggs..

What are flourless cakes made of?

Flourless cakes can be baked or unbaked, and are made without flour. They generally have a creamy or silky textures; it's because they are comprised of just egg foams (usually whole eggs and/or egg yolks) with lots of added fat, from sources such as butter, cream cheese, cream or sour cream.