Sugar free, gluten free chocolate, cocoa nib cake

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These cakes are surprising delicious. They have no sugar in them and use no flour they are basically a protein peasant dressed up as a chocolate princess for the party. (Forgive the lame analogy, but that's what they are) The cakes may be made into one cake but the cooking time should be increased by about 10 minutes depending on the depth of your baking tin.

 Ingredients:

 3 eggs
200g Xylitol ( this is the sugar replacer)
150g almond flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
Pinch salt
50g cocoa powder
2 tsp vanilla 
3/4 cup coconut oil
2 tbsp cocoa nibs / chocolate chunks
Maldon salt

 Method:
Preheat the oven to 170"C
Spray a muffin tray with cooking spray.
Sift all dry ingredients together and set aside.
Place eggs, sugar, vanilla and coconut oil in one bowl and beat until light. It needs to get bubbly on top so to speak.
Fold in dry ingredients.  Sometimes I get lazy and just beat it in.
Pout into muffin tray and bake for about 35-40 minutes.
Remove from oven and cool on a baking tray.
Sprinkle with Maldon salt. ( brings out the cocoa flavour) alternatively just pass some icing sugar through a sieve.

 We eat these cakes with plain yoghurt or honey yoghurt but whipped cream or ice-cream would be equally  delish.

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