Flourless Chocolate Cake
Make this Valentine's Day extra special (or any day) with this decadent Flourless Chocolate Cake!
Ingredients
- 12 oz baking, up to 70% Dark Chocolate, roughly chopped
- 6 oz 3/4 cup Unsalted Butter, diced
- 6 Eggs
- 1 ½ cups Sugar
- Pinch of Salt
- Powdered Sugar or Cocoa Powder for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Using a 9 inch springform pan, line it with parchment paper and spray with baking spray or butter.
- Melt the Chocolate and Unsweetened Butter together in the microwave at 30 seconds intervals, until glossy and completely melted OR melt in the top of a double boiler over simmering heat until melted and glossy. Set aside and allow to cool.
- Beat the Eggs, Sugar & Salt in a medium bowl with a mixer on medium, mixing until pale in color, about 5 minutes.
- Now fold in the cooled Chocolate mixture into the beaten Eggs and mix until well combined.
- Carefully pour batter into lined and greased 9 inch springform pan and bake in the 325°F pre-heated oven for 1 hour,15 mintues or until toothpick/cake tester inserted comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in pan completely before removing the ring.
- Once cooled, Dust with Cocoa Powder or Powdered Sugar, or garnish as desired.
Notes
You can change up the flavor by adding one of the following to the batter (during the Egg beating stage):Cinnamon, Cardamon, Almond or Orange extract, Lemon or Orange Zest, dried fruit or nuts or anything you might like.Garnish with regular or flavored Whipped Topping, Jams, Chocolate Shavings or Ganache, etc.Recipe Adapted from the magazine, "Bake From Scratch"
