Flourless Chocolate Cake
- 12 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 6 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- Confectioners' sugar and/or cocoa powder, for dusting
- 1 cup (1/2 pint) heavy or whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla paste or extract
- 2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar
- Serving suggestion: Really Vanilly Whipped Cream, recipe follows, or ice cream
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 9 by 2-inch spring form pan with nonstick spray.
- Put the chocolate, butter, and salt in a large microwave safe bowl.
- Melt in the microwave on 75 percent power for 2 minutes.
- Stir and microwave again until completely melted, about 2 minutes more.
- Alternatively, put the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl.
- Bring a saucepan filled with an inch or so of water to a very slow simmer; set the bowl on the pan without touching the water.
- Stir occasionally until melted.
- Beat the eggs and sugar with a standing or handheld mixer until light and thickened, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Fold the melted chocolate into the whipped eggs until evenly combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out wet but not gooey, about 1 hour and 25 minutes.
- Remove cake from the oven and cool on a rack.
- When ready to serve remove ring from spring form mold.
- Dust cake with confectioners' sugar or cocoa powder.
- Serve with whipped cream or ice cream if desired.
- Beat the cream and vanilla in a chilled non-reactive bowl with a whisk or an electric mixer just until they hold a loose peak.
- (Lift the beater from the cream and look at the shape of the peak at the end of the whisk; it should hold a lazy curve.)
- Sift the sugar over the cream and continue to beat just until it holds a soft peak.
- Take care not to over beat the cream or it will be look curdy.
- Serve, or refrigerate covered for up to 4 hours.
- Yield: 2 1/2 cups, about 10 servings
bittersweet chocolate, butter, salt, eggs, sugar, confectioners, whipping cream, vanilla paste, sugar
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/flourless-chocolate-cake-recipe.html (may not work)