Warm Chocolate Cake
- 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1/4 cup Frangelico, Amaretto, or brandy
- 1/4 cup strong coffee
- 5 eggs
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 cup heavy cream, beaten fairly stiff
- Pre-heat the oven to 350.
- Butter and flour a 10-inch cake pan.
- Line with parchment.
- Melt the chocolate with the liqueur or brandy and coffee.
- Transfer to a medium/large bowl and set aside to cool until lukewarm.
- In a stand mixer bowl over boiling water, whisk the eggs and sugar together until they are just warm.
- Then beat in the mixer until very pale and tripled in volume.
- Add a fourth of the egg mixture to the chocolate, then mix all the chocolate back into the egg.
- Fold in the flour, then fold in the stiffly beaten whipped cream.
- Pour into the prepared cake pan.
- Place the cake pan in a larger pan.
- Pour water into the larger pan until it reaches about halfway up the sides of the cake pan.
- Bake 40 to 50 minutes until puffed and firm, but still moist.
- Remove the pan from the water bath and cool on a rack.
- Unmold to a plate or cardboard cake form and peel off the parchment paper.
- Then turn top side up.
- Before serving, slice into 12 pieces, but keep together.
- Reheat just before serving for 5 to 6 minutes to warm.
- Serve on a drizzle of caramel or raspberry or vanilla cream.
- A bit of whipped cream and some chocolate shavings are a nice finish.
bittersweet chocolate, frangelico, coffee, eggs, sugar, flour, heavy cream
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/warm-chocolate-cake-3 (may not work)