Good news – we no longer need to feel guilty about eating chocolate.  The research bods at Harvard University have studied 8,000 men for 65 years, and have announced that chocolate helps you live longer, and is good for stress. Lucky then, because there are certain days when nothing comes near chocolate for sheer pleasure and bliss.  And it’s on those days that I make these gorgeously rich little chocolate cakes.

I make the cakes with actual melted chocolate (its got to be at least 70% cocoa) because it adds a lovely richness. Maybe its psychological but cocoa powder alone just doesn’t quite do it.  The cakes never last long at home, but if there are any leftover I store them in the fridge and by the next day they settle to become very smooth, rather like a dense chocolate mousse cake.

The eggs and ground almond make them high in protein, while the banana helps sweeten naturally.  So along with the antioxidants and all the great news about chocolate, they’re actually a rather healthy option.