Flourless Chocolate Cake With Berries
- 1 13/16 cups semi sweet chocolate
- 1 1/8 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup hot water
- 1 cup unsalted butter cut into small cubes
- 6 eggs separated
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- berries assorted, such as raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries
- Preheat oven to 180u0b0C (approximately 350u0b0F. Grease a round cake pan with butter and line with parchment paper.
- In a food processor, finely grind chocolate and sugar.
- Add hot water, butter, egg yolks, coffee, and vanilla.
- Pulse until smooth.
- In another bowl, beat egg whites until stiff and fold into chocolate mixture.
- Transfer batter to prepared cake pan and bake for about 45 minutes.
- Remove from pan and let cool before decorating.
- For the icing, beat heavy cream until stiff, add sugar, and beat a little again.
- Frost completely cooled cake with whipped cream.
- To serve, garnish with fresh fruit, to taste.
semi sweet chocolate, sugar, water, unsalted butter, eggs, instant coffee, vanilla, heavy cream, sugar, berries
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Flourless-Chocolate-Cake-with-Berries-2055096 (may not work)