Chocolate Decadence
- 1 lb dark sweet chocolate
- 5/8 cup unsalted butter
- 4 eggs
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon flour, sifted
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- chocolate curls (to garnish)
- 8 ounces fresh raspberries or 8 ounces frozen raspberries, pureed and strained
- Cut circle of parchment paper to fit 8-inch round cake pan.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Combine chocolate and butter in top of double boiler.
- Set over gently simmering water and stir until melted and smooth.
- Remove from heat.
- Transfer to bowl and set aside.
- Wipe out top of double boiler (you'll be using it again).
- Combine eggs and sugar in top of double boiler.
- Set over gently simmering water and whisk constantly until sugar is dissolved and mixture darkens and is barely warm to the touch.
- Remove from heat.
- Beat at high speed with electric mixer until eggs have tripled in volume and are consistency of lightly whipped cream, about 5 to 10 minutes.
- Gently fold in flour.
- Carefully stir 1/3 of egg mixture into chocolate to loosen, then fold chocolate into remaining egg mixture until thoroughly combined.
- Turn into prepared pan.
- Bake until cake is soft in center but crusty on top, about 15 minutes.
- Let cool completely in pan, then freeze overnight.
- (Cake can be kept in freezer up to one month before serving.) About 1 hour before serving, whip cream with confectioners' sugar and vanilla until stiff.
- Invert cake onto serving platter.
- (Spinning pan briefly over high heat will help loosen cake from pan.) Spread 2/3 of whipped cream over top.
- Mound chocolate curls in center.
- Pipe rosettes around edge of cake using remaining whipped cream.
- Refrigerate until about 15 minutes before serving.
- Pass raspberry puree separately.
dark sweet chocolate, unsalted butter, eggs, sugar, flour, whipping cream, sugar, vanilla, chocolate curls, fresh raspberries
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-decadence-38524 (may not work)