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Flourless Chocolate Cake With Café de Olla Ganache

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Flourless Chocolate Cake With Caf de Olla Ganache recipe
Photograph by Emma Fishman, food styling by D’mytrek Brown, prop styling by Elizabeth Jaime

Tamar Fasja Unikel, co-owner of Masa Madre bakery in Chicago, grew up in a tight-knit Jewish community in Mexico City where Passover was a very big deal. One of her aunts, Adela, started making this cake 35 years ago and it’s now a part of Unikel’s holiday table too. At Masa Madre she and her partner Elena Vazquez Felgueres pay homage to their Mexican heritage by frosting the cake with ganache enriched with the flavors of café de olla, a combination of ground coffee, piloncillo, and cinnamon. This cake gets better throughout the week, whether cold from the fridge or warmed before serving. It can be made parve/dairy-free by subbing in margarine or vegan butter for the butter and cream. If you prefer a Passover dessert recipe without corn syrup, Unikel suggests using honey or maple syrup in its place.