21 Club Flourless Chocolate Torte
- Cake
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 5 large eggs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup dark corn syrup
- Glaze
- 3/4 cup whipping cream
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- For cake: Preheat oven to 350u0b0F.
- Butter and flour 9 inch diameter cake pan with 2 inch sides.
- Line bottom of pan with parchment.
- Dust pan with flour; tap out excess.
- Stir butter and chocolate in heavy medium saucepan over low heat until smooth.
- Set aside.
- Using electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar in large bowl until slightly thickened.
- Add corn syrup and beat until slowly dissolving ribbons form when beaters are lifted.
- Pour chocolate mixture into the egg mixture and fold together gently.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake until tip of knife inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
- Cool completely in pan on rack.
- Invert cake onto 7 1/2 inch cardboard round.
- Peel off parchment.
- Place cake on cardboard on rack set over a cookie sheet.
- For Glaze: Bring cream to simmer in heavy medium saucepan.
- Reduce heat to low.
- Add chocolate; stir until melted.
- Remove from heat; let stand until just cool.
- Whisk in butter and syrup.
- Pour glaze over cake; spread with spatula to cover top and sides.
- Refrigerate cake overnight.
- (Can be prepared 3 days ahead; cover and keep refrigerated.) Cut cake into slices.
- Serve cold.
cake, unsalted butter, chocolate, eggs, sugar, corn syrup, whipping cream, chocolate, unsalted butter, light corn syrup
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/21-club-flourless-chocolate-torte-19294 (may not work)