Chocolate, coconut and orange torte
Serves: 8
Prep time: 45 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Martin Poole
Chocolate, coconut and orange torte
Serves: 8
Prep time: 45 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
440Kcal
Fat
33gr
Saturates
14gr
Carbs
26gr
Sugars
24gr
Fibre
4gr
Protein
10gr
Salt
0.3gr
Shelina Permalloo
A former MasterChef winner in 2012, Shelina, a Mauritian Muslim born in the UK, is now a successful food writer and presenter. She runs Lakaz Maman in Southampton, where she serves up Mauritian street-food style dishes
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Shelina Permalloo
A former MasterChef winner in 2012, Shelina, a Mauritian Muslim born in the UK, is now a successful food writer and presenter. She runs Lakaz Maman in Southampton, where she serves up Mauritian street-food style dishes
See more of Shelina Permalloo’s recipes
Ingredients
- 250g whole blanched almonds, soaked in cold water overnight, then drained
- 100g Medjool dates, pitted
For the topping
- 90g coconut oil (from a tub)
- 1 x 100g pack coconut pieces, grated
- 100g golden caster sugar
- 100g cocoa powder
- Zest of 2 large oranges, plus 150ml of the juice
To decorate
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder, to dust
- zest of ½ orange
- a handful of fresh coconut, shaved
- 40g dark chocolate, shaved
- a sprinkling of Chocolate Crispies (or gluten-free alternatives)
Step by step
Get ahead
Start this torte 2 days before you want to serve it so you have time to soak the almonds overnight and then chill the assembled torte overnight.
- Grease a 20cm round cake tin that has a removable base and line it with baking paper. Set aside.
- To make the base, place the soaked almonds, the dates and a pinch of salt in a food processor and blitz until it forms a dough.
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Press the dough into the cake tin to form the base of the torte, then chill it while you prepare the topping.TipThis delicious cake is gluten free apart from the decorations, so just use something else on top if you have guests with a gluten intolerance
- Measure the coconut oil into a small pan; heat until melted. Put this and the rest of the topping ingredients into the food processor and blend. Pour over the base; chill overnight.
- Remove the torte from the tin and transfer to a plate. Dust with cocoa; decorate with orange zest, coconut, chocolate curls and Crispies.
