Baked Fudge Cake
- 1 pound fine quality semi-sweet chocolate chips or chopped chocolate
- 10 tablespoons butter
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons instant espresso or coffee powder
- 1 cup chilled heavy cream, for garnish
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Butter a 9-inch springform pan.
- Line the bottom with a round of waxed or parchment and butter the paper.
- In a 2 1/2 or 3-quart saucepan over medium-low heat, melt the chocolate and butter together, stirring until chocolate is about half melted.
- Remove the pan from the heat and stir until melted and the mixture is smooth.
- Set aside to cool for a few minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a large mixing bowl, use a hand held or stationary electric mixer to begin beating the eggs at medium-low speed until frothy, then raise the speed to high and beat the eggs until they are light in color, thick, fluffy and about tripled in volume, about 5 minutes.
- Beat in the flour and espresso powder.
- Stir about 1/4 of the egg mixture into the chocolate to lighten it, then fold the chocolate mixture into the eggs in the mixing bowl.
- Spoon the batter into the pan.
- Bake for 17 minutes.
- Cool the pan on a rack for about 10 minutes, then refrigerate until just firm enough to cut, about 30 minutes.
- (At this point, the cake will be firm and fudgy about 1/3 of the way to the center, and softly set like a mousse in the center.)
- The dessert can also be refrigerated for up to 5 days and served chilled and firm throughout, or frozen up to 1 month.
- Serve at cool room temperature or slightly chilled.
- Shortly before serving, whip the cream to firm peaks.
semisweet chocolate chips, butter, eggs, flour, coffee powder, heavy cream
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/baked-fudge-cake-recipe.html (may not work)